#DEDC5B#DEDC5B

#DEDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC5B
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -15.40, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 63.83, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.047 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6075, 67.4730, 19.8845)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC5B #5B5DDE

analogous

#DE9B5B #DEDC5B #9FDE5B

triadic

#DEDC5B #5BDEDC #DC5BDE

tetradic

#DEDC5B #5BDE9B #5B5DDE #DE5B9F

square

#DEDC5B #5BDE9B #5B5DDE #DE5B9F

split-complementary

#DEDC5B #5B9FDE #9B5BDE

monochromatic

#9F9D20 #D2CF2A #DEDC5B #E8E78E #F3F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DEDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC5B

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC5B	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)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68e',
    500: '#dedc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc5b;
$custom-light: #ebe68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87177,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC5B

secondary

#3B3DA2

accent

#1ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC5B

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

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