#DEDC50#DEDC50

#DEDC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.158 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC50
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -16.10, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 68.31, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0501 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.158 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1673, 67.2969, 17.5661)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC50 #5052DE

analogous

#DE9550 #DEDC50 #99DE50

triadic

#DEDC50 #50DEDC #DC50DE

tetradic

#DEDC50 #50DE95 #5052DE #DE5099

square

#DEDC50 #50DE95 #5052DE #DE5099

split-complementary

#DEDC50 #5099DE #9550DE

monochromatic

#97951C #CBC826 #DEDC50 #E8E683 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DEDC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC50

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC50	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)

#EDD33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.158 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe688',
    500: '#dedc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc50;
$custom-light: #ebe688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87078,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC50

secondary

#37389B

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC50

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

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