#DEDC77#DEDC77

#DEDC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.124 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC77
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -13.15, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 51.25, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0377 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.124 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0484, 68.0493, 27.4735)
Luminance	0.6805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC77 #7779DE

analogous

#DEA977 #DEDC77 #ADDE77

triadic

#DEDC77 #77DEDC #DC77DE

tetradic

#DEDC77 #77DEA9 #7779DE #DE77AD

square

#DEDC77 #77DEA9 #7779DE #DE77AD

split-complementary

#DEDC77 #77ADDE #A977DE

monochromatic

#B0AD2B #D2CF46 #DEDC77 #EAE9A8 #F6F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DEDC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC77

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC77	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.124 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a0',
    500: '#dedc77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc77;
$custom-light: #eae6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.875,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC77

secondary

#474AB2

accent

#20C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC77

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

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