#DEDC4E#DEDC4E

#DEDC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC4E
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -16.22, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 69.09, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0507 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0945, 67.2678, 17.1827)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC4E #4E50DE

analogous

#DE944E #DEDC4E #98DE4E

triadic

#DEDC4E #4EDEDC #DC4EDE

tetradic

#DEDC4E #4EDE94 #4E50DE #DE4E98

square

#DEDC4E #4EDE94 #4E50DE #DE4E98

split-complementary

#DEDC4E #4E98DE #944EDE

monochromatic

#96941C #C9C726 #DEDC4E #E8E682 #F1F0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DEDC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC4E

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC4E	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece687',
    500: '#dedc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc4e;
$custom-light: #ece687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87061,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC4E

secondary

#36389A

accent

#3FEB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC4E

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

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