#DEDC59#DEDC59

#DEDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC59
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -15.54, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 64.67, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0476 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5224, 67.4389, 19.4362)
Luminance	0.6744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC59 #595BDE

analogous

#DE9959 #DEDC59 #9DDE59

triadic

#DEDC59 #59DEDC #DC59DE

tetradic

#DEDC59 #59DE99 #595BDE #DE599D

square

#DEDC59 #59DE99 #595BDE #DE599D

split-complementary

#DEDC59 #599DDE #9959DE

monochromatic

#9D9B1F #D0CE29 #DEDC59 #E8E78C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DEDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC59

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC59	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68d',
    500: '#dedc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc59;
$custom-light: #ebe68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87158,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC59

secondary

#3A3CA1

accent

#1ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC59

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

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