#DEDC6D#DEDC6D

#DEDC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC6D
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -14.04, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 55.90, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0412 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4792, 67.8216, 24.4754)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC6D #6D6FDE

analogous

#DEA46D #DEDC6D #A8DE6D

triadic

#DEDC6D #6DDEDC #DC6DDE

tetradic

#DEDC6D #6DDEA4 #6D6FDE #DE6DA8

square

#DEDC6D #6DDEA4 #6D6FDE #DE6DA8

split-complementary

#DEDC6D #6DA8DE #A46DDE

monochromatic

#AAA826 #D3D03B #DEDC6D #E9E89F #F5F4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DEDC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC6D

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC6D	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69a',
    500: '#dedc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc6d;
$custom-light: #eae69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87373,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC6D

secondary

#4345AC

accent

#1ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC6D

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

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