#DEDC5F#DEDC5F

#DEDC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC5F
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -15.12, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 62.13, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0458 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7847, 67.5438, 20.8176)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC5F #5F61DE

analogous

#DE9D5F #DEDC5F #A1DE5F

triadic

#DEDC5F #5FDEDC #DC5FDE

tetradic

#DEDC5F #5FDE9D #5F61DE #DE5FA1

square

#DEDC5F #5FDE9D #5F61DE #DE5FA1

split-complementary

#DEDC5F #5FA1DE #9D5FDE

monochromatic

#A19F21 #D4D12C #DEDC5F #E8E792 #F3F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DEDC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC5F

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC5F	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe691',
    500: '#dedc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc5f;
$custom-light: #ebe691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87217,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC5F

secondary

#3D3EA4

accent

#1BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC5F

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

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