#DEDC5C#DEDC5C

#DEDC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC5C
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -15.34, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 63.41, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0467 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6509, 67.4903, 20.1132)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC5C #5C5EDE

analogous

#DE9B5C #DEDC5C #9FDE5C

triadic

#DEDC5C #5CDEDC #DC5CDE

tetradic

#DEDC5C #5CDE9B #5C5EDE #DE5C9F

square

#DEDC5C #5CDE9B #5C5EDE #DE5C9F

split-complementary

#DEDC5C #5C9FDE #9B5CDE

monochromatic

#9F9D20 #D2D02B #DEDC5C #E8E78F #F3F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DEDC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC5C

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC5C	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68f',
    500: '#dedc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc5c;
$custom-light: #ebe68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87187,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC5C

secondary

#3C3DA3

accent

#1ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC5C

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

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