#DEDC44#DEDC44

#DEDC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.166 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC44
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -16.75, 70.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 72.79, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0531 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.166 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7628, 67.1351, 15.4360)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC44 #4446DE

analogous

#DE8F44 #DEDC44 #93DE44

triadic

#DEDC44 #44DEDC #DC44DE

tetradic

#DEDC44 #44DE8F #4446DE #DE4493

square

#DEDC44 #44DE8F #4446DE #DE4493

split-complementary

#DEDC44 #4493DE #8F44DE

monochromatic

#8E8D19 #C2C022 #DEDC44 #E7E678 #F0EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DEDC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC44

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC44	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.166 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece681',
    500: '#dedc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc44;
$custom-light: #ece681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86987,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC44

secondary

#333494

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC44

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

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