#DEDC6E#DEDC6E

#DEDC6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.133 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC6E
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -13.95, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 55.45, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0409 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.133 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5333, 67.8433, 24.7605)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC6E #6E70DE

analogous

#DEA46E #DEDC6E #A8DE6E

triadic

#DEDC6E #6EDEDC #DC6EDE

tetradic

#DEDC6E #6EDEA4 #6E70DE #DE6EA8

square

#DEDC6E #6EDEA4 #6E70DE #DE6EA8

split-complementary

#DEDC6E #6EA8DE #A46EDE

monochromatic

#ABA827 #D3D03C #DEDC6E #E9E8A0 #F5F4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC6E

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC6E	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.133 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69a',
    500: '#dedc6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc6e;
$custom-light: #eae69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87385,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC6E

secondary

#4345AD

accent

#1ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC6E

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

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