#DEDB44#DEDB44

#DEDB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.165 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB44
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -16.26, 70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 72.43, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0518 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.165 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5012, 66.6118, 15.3488)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB44 #4447DE

analogous

#DE8E44 #DEDB44 #94DE44

triadic

#DEDB44 #44DEDB #DB44DE

tetradic

#DEDB44 #44DE8E #4447DE #DE4494

square

#DEDB44 #44DE8E #4447DE #DE4494

split-complementary

#DEDB44 #4494DE #8E44DE

monochromatic

#8E8C19 #C2BF22 #DEDB44 #E7E578 #F0EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DEDB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB44

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB44	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.165 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece581',
    500: '#dedb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb44;
$custom-light: #ece581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.831,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86775,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB44

secondary

#333494

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB44

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

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