#DEDC53#DEDC53

#DEDC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC53
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -15.92, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 67.12, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0493 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2806, 67.3422, 18.1629)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC53 #5355DE

analogous

#DE9753 #DEDC53 #9ADE53

triadic

#DEDC53 #53DEDC #DC53DE

tetradic

#DEDC53 #53DE97 #5355DE #DE539A

square

#DEDC53 #53DE97 #5355DE #DE539A

split-complementary

#DEDC53 #539ADE #9753DE

monochromatic

#99971D #CDCA27 #DEDC53 #E8E686 #F2F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DEDC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC53

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC53	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)

#EDD442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68a',
    500: '#dedc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc53;
$custom-light: #ebe68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87103,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC53

secondary

#38399D

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC53

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

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