#DEDC7D#DEDC7D

#DEDC7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.118 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC7D
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -12.58, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 48.39, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0355 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.118 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4202, 68.1981, 29.4315)
Luminance	0.6820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC7D #7D7FDE

analogous

#DEAB7D #DEDC7D #AFDE7D

triadic

#DEDC7D #7DDEDC #DC7DDE

tetradic

#DEDC7D #7DDEAB #7D7FDE #DE7DAF

square

#DEDC7D #7DDEAB #7D7FDE #DE7DAF

split-complementary

#DEDC7D #7DAFDE #AB7DDE

monochromatic

#B3B02D #D2CF4C #DEDC7D #EAE9AE #F7F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC7D

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC7D	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.118 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a4',
    500: '#dedc7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc7d;
$custom-light: #eae6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87583,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC7D

secondary

#4B4DB5

accent

#22C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC7D

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

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