#DEDC5D#DEDC5D

#DEDC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.148 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC5D
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -15.27, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 62.99, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0464 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.148 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6949, 67.5079, 20.3450)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC5D #5D5FDE

analogous

#DE9C5D #DEDC5D #A0DE5D

triadic

#DEDC5D #5DDEDC #DC5DDE

tetradic

#DEDC5D #5DDE9C #5D5FDE #DE5DA0

square

#DEDC5D #5DDE9C #5D5FDE #DE5DA0

split-complementary

#DEDC5D #5DA0DE #9C5DDE

monochromatic

#A09E21 #D3D02B #DEDC5D #E8E790 #F3F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DEDC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC5D

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC5D	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)

#ECD44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.148 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe690',
    500: '#dedc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc5d;
$custom-light: #ebe690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87196,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC5D

secondary

#3C3EA3

accent

#1ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC5D

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

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