#DEDD41#DEDD41

#DEDD41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.169 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD41
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -17.38, 72.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 74.20, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0552 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.169 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9368, 67.6259, 15.0539)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD41 #4142DE

analogous

#DE8F41 #DEDD41 #91DE41

triadic

#DEDD41 #41DEDD #DD41DE

tetradic

#DEDD41 #41DE8F #4142DE #DE4191

square

#DEDD41 #41DE8F #4142DE #DE4191

split-complementary

#DEDD41 #4191DE #8F41DE

monochromatic

#8C8C18 #C0BF21 #DEDD41 #E7E675 #F0F0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD41

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD41	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)

#EFD424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.169 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece780',
    500: '#dedd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd41;
$custom-light: #ece780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87178,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD41

secondary

#323292

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD41

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

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