#DEDC52#DEDC52

#DEDC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC52
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -15.98, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 67.52, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0496 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2423, 67.3269, 17.9611)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC52 #5254DE

analogous

#DE9652 #DEDC52 #9ADE52

triadic

#DEDC52 #52DEDC #DC52DE

tetradic

#DEDC52 #52DE96 #5254DE #DE529A

square

#DEDC52 #52DE96 #5254DE #DE529A

split-complementary

#DEDC52 #529ADE #9652DE

monochromatic

#99971D #CCCA27 #DEDC52 #E8E685 #F2F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DEDC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC52

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC52	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe689',
    500: '#dedc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc52;
$custom-light: #ebe689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87095,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC52

secondary

#38399D

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC52

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

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