#DEDF59#DEDF59

#DEDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.154 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDF59
RGB	rgb(222, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -17.02, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 65.87, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0518 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.154 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3168, 69.0278, 19.7010)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDF59 #5A59DF

analogous

#DF9D59 #DEDF59 #9BDF59

triadic

#DEDF59 #59DEDF #DF59DE

tetradic

#DEDF59 #59DF9D #5A59DF #DF599B

square

#DEDF59 #59DF9D #5A59DF #DF599B

split-complementary

#DEDF59 #599BDF #9D59DF

monochromatic

#9E9F1F #D1D229 #DEDF59 #E8E98C #F2F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#DEDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDF59

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDF59	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.154 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88d',
    500: '#dedf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedf59;
$custom-light: #ebe88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8779,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDF59

secondary

#3B3AA2

accent

#16D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDF59

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

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