#DEDC74#DEDC74

#DEDC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.127 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC74
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -13.43, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 52.66, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0388 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.127 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8711, 67.9784, 26.5396)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC74 #7476DE

analogous

#DEA774 #DEDC74 #ABDE74

triadic

#DEDC74 #74DEDC #DC74DE

tetradic

#DEDC74 #74DEA7 #7476DE #DE74AB

square

#DEDC74 #74DEA7 #7476DE #DE74AB

split-complementary

#DEDC74 #74ABDE #A774DE

monochromatic

#AEAC29 #D2D043 #DEDC74 #EAE8A5 #F5F5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DEDC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC74

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC74	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.127 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69e',
    500: '#dedc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc74;
$custom-light: #eae69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8746,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC74

secondary

#4648B0

accent

#1FC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC74

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

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