#DEDC7B#DEDC7B

#DEDC7B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.120 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC7B
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -12.77, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 49.35, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0362 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.12 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.2937, 68.1475, 28.7654)
Luminance	0.6815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC7B #7B7DDE

analogous

#DEAB7B #DEDC7B #AEDE7B

triadic

#DEDC7B #7BDEDC #DC7BDE

tetradic

#DEDC7B #7BDEAB #7B7DDE #DE7BAE

square

#DEDC7B #7BDEAB #7B7DDE #DE7BAE

split-complementary

#DEDC7B #7BAEDE #AB7BDE

monochromatic

#B2AF2D #D2CF4A #DEDC7B #EAE9AC #F6F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDC7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DEDC7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC7B

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC7B	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.120 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a3',
    500: '#dedc7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc7b;
$custom-light: #eae6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87555,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC7B

secondary

#494CB4

accent

#21C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC7B

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

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