#DEDC6F#DEDC6F

#DEDC6F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.132 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC6F
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -13.87, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 54.99, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0405 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.132 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5881, 67.8652, 25.0489)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC6F #6F71DE

analogous

#DEA46F #DEDC6F #A8DE6F

triadic

#DEDC6F #6FDEDC #DC6FDE

tetradic

#DEDC6F #6FDEA4 #6F71DE #DE6FA8

square

#DEDC6F #6FDEA4 #6F71DE #DE6FA8

split-complementary

#DEDC6F #6FA8DE #A46FDE

monochromatic

#ABA927 #D3D03D #DEDC6F #E9E8A1 #F5F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDC6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC6F

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC6F	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)

#EBD565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.132 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69b',
    500: '#dedc6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc6f;
$custom-light: #eae69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87397,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC6F

secondary

#4446AE

accent

#1ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC6F

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

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