#DEDC78#DEDC78

#DEDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.123 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC78
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -13.06, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 50.78, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0373 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.123 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1088, 68.0735, 27.7914)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC78 #787ADE

analogous

#DEA978 #DEDC78 #ADDE78

triadic

#DEDC78 #78DEDC #DC78DE

tetradic

#DEDC78 #78DEA9 #787ADE #DE78AD

square

#DEDC78 #78DEA9 #787ADE #DE78AD

split-complementary

#DEDC78 #78ADDE #A978DE

monochromatic

#B0AE2B #D2CF47 #DEDC78 #EAE9A9 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DEDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC78

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC78	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)

#EAD56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.123 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a1',
    500: '#dedc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc78;
$custom-light: #eae6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87514,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC78

secondary

#484AB2

accent

#20C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC78

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

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