#DEDC61#DEDC61

#DEDC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC61
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -14.98, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 61.26, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0452 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8767, 67.5807, 21.3025)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC61 #6163DE

analogous

#DE9D61 #DEDC61 #A1DE61

triadic

#DEDC61 #61DEDC #DC61DE

tetradic

#DEDC61 #61DE9D #6163DE #DE61A1

square

#DEDC61 #61DE9D #6163DE #DE61A1

split-complementary

#DEDC61 #61A1DE #9D61DE

monochromatic

#A3A122 #D3D12E #DEDC61 #E9E794 #F3F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC61

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC61	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe692',
    500: '#dedc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc61;
$custom-light: #ebe692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87237,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC61

secondary

#3E3FA6

accent

#1BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC61

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

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