#DEDC65#DEDC65

#DEDC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC65
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -14.68, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 59.51, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0439 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0680, 67.6572, 22.3097)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC65 #6567DE

analogous

#DE9F65 #DEDC65 #A3DE65

triadic

#DEDC65 #65DEDC #DC65DE

tetradic

#DEDC65 #65DE9F #6567DE #DE65A3

square

#DEDC65 #65DE9F #6567DE #DE65A3

split-complementary

#DEDC65 #65A3DE #9F65DE

monochromatic

#A5A323 #D3D133 #DEDC65 #E9E797 #F4F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DEDC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC65

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC65	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe695',
    500: '#dedc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc65;
$custom-light: #ebe695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8728,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC65

secondary

#3F41A8

accent

#1CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC65

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

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