#DEDC63#DEDC63

#DEDC63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.143 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC63
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -14.83, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 60.39, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0445 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9712, 67.6184, 21.7999)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC63 #6365DE

analogous

#DE9E63 #DEDC63 #A3DE63

triadic

#DEDC63 #63DEDC #DC63DE

tetradic

#DEDC63 #63DE9E #6365DE #DE63A3

square

#DEDC63 #63DE9E #6365DE #DE63A3

split-complementary

#DEDC63 #63A3DE #9E63DE

monochromatic

#A4A223 #D3D130 #DEDC63 #E9E796 #F3F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDC63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC63

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC63	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)

#ECD456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe693',
    500: '#dedc63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc63;
$custom-light: #ebe693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87258,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC63

secondary

#3E40A7

accent

#1CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC63

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

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