#DEDC55#DEDC55

#DEDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC55
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -15.80, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 66.32, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0487 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3589, 67.3735, 18.5755)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC55 #5557DE

analogous

#DE9755 #DEDC55 #9CDE55

triadic

#DEDC55 #55DEDC #DC55DE

tetradic

#DEDC55 #55DE97 #5557DE #DE559C

square

#DEDC55 #55DE97 #5557DE #DE559C

split-complementary

#DEDC55 #559CDE #9755DE

monochromatic

#9B991E #CECB28 #DEDC55 #E8E788 #F2F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DEDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC55

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC55	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)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68b',
    500: '#dedc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc55;
$custom-light: #ebe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87121,
    "c": 0.1544,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC55

secondary

#393A9E

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC55

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

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