#DEDC5E#DEDC5E

#DEDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.147 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC5E
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -15.20, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 62.56, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0461 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.147 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7395, 67.5258, 20.5797)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC5E #5E60DE

analogous

#DE9C5E #DEDC5E #A0DE5E

triadic

#DEDC5E #5EDEDC #DC5EDE

tetradic

#DEDC5E #5EDE9C #5E60DE #DE5EA0

square

#DEDC5E #5EDE9C #5E60DE #DE5EA0

split-complementary

#DEDC5E #5EA0DE #9C5EDE

monochromatic

#A19F21 #D3D12B #DEDC5E #E8E791 #F3F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DEDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC5E

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC5E	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)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.147 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe690',
    500: '#dedc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc5e;
$custom-light: #ebe690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87206,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC5E

secondary

#3C3EA4

accent

#1BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC5E

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

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