#DEDC4F#DEDC4F

#DEDC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.159 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC4F
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -16.16, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 68.70, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0504 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.159 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1306, 67.2822, 17.3729)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC4F #4F51DE

analogous

#DE954F #DEDC4F #99DE4F

triadic

#DEDC4F #4FDEDC #DC4FDE

tetradic

#DEDC4F #4FDE95 #4F51DE #DE4F99

square

#DEDC4F #4FDE95 #4F51DE #DE4F99

split-complementary

#DEDC4F #4F99DE #954FDE

monochromatic

#96951C #CAC826 #DEDC4F #E8E683 #F1F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DEDC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC4F

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC4F	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.159 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece687',
    500: '#dedc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc4f;
$custom-light: #ece687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87069,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC4F

secondary

#37389B

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC4F

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

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