#DEDC7E#DEDC7E

#DEDC7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.117 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC7E
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -12.48, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 47.91, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0351 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.117 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4844, 68.2237, 29.7696)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC7E #7E80DE

analogous

#DEAC7E #DEDC7E #B0DE7E

triadic

#DEDC7E #7EDEDC #DC7EDE

tetradic

#DEDC7E #7EDEAC #7E80DE #DE7EB0

square

#DEDC7E #7EDEAC #7E80DE #DE7EB0

split-complementary

#DEDC7E #7EB0DE #AC7EDE

monochromatic

#B4B12E #D2CF4D #DEDC7E #EAE9AF #F7F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC7E

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC7E	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)

#EAD576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.117 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a5',
    500: '#dedc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc7e;
$custom-light: #eae6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87598,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC7E

secondary

#4B4EB5

accent

#22C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC7E

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

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