#DEDC49#DEDC49

#DEDC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.163 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC49
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -16.49, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 70.98, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0519 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.163 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9220, 67.1988, 16.2742)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC49 #494BDE

analogous

#DE9249 #DEDC49 #95DE49

triadic

#DEDC49 #49DEDC #DC49DE

tetradic

#DEDC49 #49DE92 #494BDE #DE4995

square

#DEDC49 #49DE92 #494BDE #DE4995

split-complementary

#DEDC49 #4995DE #9249DE

monochromatic

#92911A #C6C424 #DEDC49 #E7E67D #F1F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DEDC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC49

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC49	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)

#EDD333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.163 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece684',
    500: '#dedc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc49;
$custom-light: #ece684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87022,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC49

secondary

#343697

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC49

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

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