#DEDC48#DEDC48

#DEDC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.164 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC48
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -16.55, 69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 71.35, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0522 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.164 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8891, 67.1856, 16.1010)
Luminance	0.6718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC48 #484ADE

analogous

#DE9148 #DEDC48 #95DE48

triadic

#DEDC48 #48DEDC #DC48DE

tetradic

#DEDC48 #48DE91 #484ADE #DE4895

square

#DEDC48 #48DE91 #484ADE #DE4895

split-complementary

#DEDC48 #4895DE #9148DE

monochromatic

#91901A #C5C324 #DEDC48 #E7E67C #F1F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DEDC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC48

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC48	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.164 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece683',
    500: '#dedc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc48;
$custom-light: #ece683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87015,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC48

secondary

#343596

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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