#DEDD44#DEDD44

#DEDD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.167 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD44
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -17.24, 71.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 73.16, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0545 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.167 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.0261, 67.6616, 15.5238)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD44 #4445DE

analogous

#DE9044 #DEDD44 #92DE44

triadic

#DEDD44 #44DEDD #DD44DE

tetradic

#DEDD44 #44DE90 #4445DE #DE4492

square

#DEDD44 #44DE90 #4445DE #DE4492

split-complementary

#DEDD44 #4492DE #9044DE

monochromatic

#8E8E19 #C2C122 #DEDD44 #E7E678 #F0F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DEDD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD44

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD44	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.167 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece781',
    500: '#dedd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd44;
$custom-light: #ece781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87198,
    "c": 0.16712,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.6766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD44

secondary

#333394

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD44

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

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