#DEDC79#DEDC79

#DEDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.122 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC79
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -12.96, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 50.30, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.037 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.122 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1698, 68.0979, 28.1127)
Luminance	0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC79 #797BDE

analogous

#DEAA79 #DEDC79 #AEDE79

triadic

#DEDC79 #79DEDC #DC79DE

tetradic

#DEDC79 #79DEAA #797BDE #DE79AE

square

#DEDC79 #79DEAA #797BDE #DE79AE

split-complementary

#DEDC79 #79AEDE #AA79DE

monochromatic

#B1AE2C #D2CF48 #DEDC79 #EAE9AA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DEDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC79

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC79	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.122 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a2',
    500: '#dedc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc79;
$custom-light: #eae6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87527,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC79

secondary

#484BB3

accent

#21C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC79

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

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