#DEDC62#DEDC62

#DEDC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC62
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -14.91, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 60.83, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0448 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9237, 67.5994, 21.5497)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC62 #6264DE

analogous

#DE9E62 #DEDC62 #A2DE62

triadic

#DEDC62 #62DEDC #DC62DE

tetradic

#DEDC62 #62DE9E #6264DE #DE62A2

square

#DEDC62 #62DE9E #6264DE #DE62A2

split-complementary

#DEDC62 #62A2DE #9E62DE

monochromatic

#A3A122 #D3D12F #DEDC62 #E9E795 #F3F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC62

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC62	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)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe693',
    500: '#dedc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc62;
$custom-light: #ebe693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87248,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC62

secondary

#3E40A6

accent

#1BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC62

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

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