#DEDC4B#DEDC4B

#DEDC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.162 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC4B
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -16.39, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 70.24, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0514 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.162 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9894, 67.2257, 16.6291)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC4B #4B4DDE

analogous

#DE934B #DEDC4B #96DE4B

triadic

#DEDC4B #4BDEDC #DC4BDE

tetradic

#DEDC4B #4BDE93 #4B4DDE #DE4B96

square

#DEDC4B #4BDE93 #4B4DDE #DE4B96

split-complementary

#DEDC4B #4B96DE #934BDE

monochromatic

#94921B #C7C525 #DEDC4B #E7E67F #F1F0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DEDC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC4B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC4B	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)

#EDD336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.162 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece685',
    500: '#dedc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc4b;
$custom-light: #ece685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87038,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC4B

secondary

#353698

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC4B

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

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