#DEDC60#DEDC60

#DEDC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; 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	#DEDC60
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -15.05, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 61.70, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0455 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8304, 67.5621, 21.0585)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC60 #6062DE

analogous

#DE9D60 #DEDC60 #A1DE60

triadic

#DEDC60 #60DEDC #DC60DE

tetradic

#DEDC60 #60DE9D #6062DE #DE60A1

square

#DEDC60 #60DE9D #6062DE #DE60A1

split-complementary

#DEDC60 #60A1DE #9D60DE

monochromatic

#A2A022 #D3D12D #DEDC60 #E9E793 #F3F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DEDC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC60

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC60	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)

#ECD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe691',
    500: '#dedc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc60;
$custom-light: #ebe691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87227,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC60

secondary

#3D3FA5

accent

#1BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC60

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

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