#DEDC66#DEDC66

#DEDC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC66
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -14.60, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 59.06, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0436 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1173, 67.6769, 22.5693)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC66 #6668DE

analogous

#DEA066 #DEDC66 #A4DE66

triadic

#DEDC66 #66DEDC #DC66DE

tetradic

#DEDC66 #66DEA0 #6668DE #DE66A4

square

#DEDC66 #66DEA0 #6668DE #DE66A4

split-complementary

#DEDC66 #66A4DE #A066DE

monochromatic

#A6A424 #D3D034 #DEDC66 #E9E898 #F4F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DEDC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC66

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC66	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe695',
    500: '#dedc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc66;
$custom-light: #ebe695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87291,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC66

secondary

#4041A9

accent

#1CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC66

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

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