#DEDC72#DEDC72

#DEDC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.129 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC72
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -13.60, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 53.60, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0395 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.129 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7560, 67.9324, 25.9335)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC72 #7274DE

analogous

#DEA672 #DEDC72 #AADE72

triadic

#DEDC72 #72DEDC #DC72DE

tetradic

#DEDC72 #72DEA6 #7274DE #DE72AA

square

#DEDC72 #72DEA6 #7274DE #DE72AA

split-complementary

#DEDC72 #72AADE #A672DE

monochromatic

#ADAB29 #D2D040 #DEDC72 #EAE8A4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DEDC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC72

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC72	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.129 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69d',
    500: '#dedc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc72;
$custom-light: #eae69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87435,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC72

secondary

#4547AF

accent

#1FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC72

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

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