#DEDA44#DEDA44

#DEDA44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.164 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA44
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -15.76, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 72.07, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0504 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.164 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2411, 66.0916, 15.2621)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA44 #4448DE

analogous

#DE8D44 #DEDA44 #95DE44

triadic

#DEDA44 #44DEDA #DA44DE

tetradic

#DEDA44 #44DE8D #4448DE #DE4495

square

#DEDA44 #44DE8D #4448DE #DE4495

split-complementary

#DEDA44 #4495DE #8D44DE

monochromatic

#8E8B19 #C2BE22 #DEDA44 #E7E478 #F0EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DEDA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DEDA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA44

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA44	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.164 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece581',
    500: '#deda44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda44;
$custom-light: #ece581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86564,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA44

secondary

#333594

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA44

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

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