#DEDD3F#DEDD3F

#DEDD3F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.170 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD3F
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -17.48, 72.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 74.87, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0556 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.17 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8799, 67.6031, 14.7541)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD3F #3F40DE

analogous

#DE8E3F #DEDD3F #8FDE3F

triadic

#DEDD3F #3FDEDD #DD3FDE

tetradic

#DEDD3F #3FDE8E #3F40DE #DE3F8F

square

#DEDD3F #3FDE8E #3F40DE #DE3F8F

split-complementary

#DEDD3F #3F8FDE #8E3FDE

monochromatic

#8B8A18 #BFBE21 #DEDD3F #E7E673 #F0EFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD3F

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD3F	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.170 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece77f',
    500: '#dedd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd3f;
$custom-light: #ece77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87165,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD3F

secondary

#313190

accent

#3BED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD3F

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

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