#DEDC6A#DEDC6A

#DEDC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC6A
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -14.28, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 57.27, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0422 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(58.3204, 67.7581, 23.6393)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC6A #6A6CDE

analogous

#DEA26A #DEDC6A #A6DE6A

triadic

#DEDC6A #6ADEDC #DC6ADE

tetradic

#DEDC6A #6ADEA2 #6A6CDE #DE6AA6

square

#DEDC6A #6ADEA2 #6A6CDE #DE6AA6

split-complementary

#DEDC6A #6AA6DE #A26ADE

monochromatic

#A8A625 #D3D038 #DEDC6A #E9E89C #F4F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DEDC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC6A

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC6A	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae698',
    500: '#dedc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc6a;
$custom-light: #eae698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87337,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.67757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC6A

secondary

#4143AB

accent

#1DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC6A

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

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