#DEDC68#DEDC68

#DEDC68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.138 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC68
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -14.44, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 58.17, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0429 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.138 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2176, 67.7170, 23.0980)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC68 #686ADE

analogous

#DEA168 #DEDC68 #A5DE68

triadic

#DEDC68 #68DEDC #DC68DE

tetradic

#DEDC68 #68DEA1 #686ADE #DE68A5

square

#DEDC68 #68DEA1 #686ADE #DE68A5

split-complementary

#DEDC68 #68A5DE #A168DE

monochromatic

#A7A525 #D3D036 #DEDC68 #E9E89A #F4F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DEDC68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC68

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC68	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)

#ECD45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.138 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe696',
    500: '#dedc68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc68;
$custom-light: #ebe696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87314,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC68

secondary

#4142AA

accent

#1DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC68

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

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