#DEDC57#DEDC57

#DEDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.153 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC57
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -15.67, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 65.50, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0482 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.153 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4395, 67.4058, 18.9999)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC57 #5759DE

analogous

#DE9857 #DEDC57 #9CDE57

triadic

#DEDC57 #57DEDC #DC57DE

tetradic

#DEDC57 #57DE98 #5759DE #DE579C

square

#DEDC57 #57DE98 #5759DE #DE579C

split-complementary

#DEDC57 #579CDE #9857DE

monochromatic

#9C9A1F #CFCD29 #DEDC57 #E8E78A #F2F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DEDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC57

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC57	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.153 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68c',
    500: '#dedc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc57;
$custom-light: #ebe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87139,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC57

secondary

#3A3BA0

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC57

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

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