#DEDD45#DEDD45

#DEDD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.166 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD45
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -17.19, 70.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 72.81, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0543 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.166 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.0568, 67.6739, 15.6859)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD45 #4546DE

analogous

#DE9145 #DEDD45 #93DE45

triadic

#DEDD45 #45DEDD #DD45DE

tetradic

#DEDD45 #45DE91 #4546DE #DE4593

square

#DEDD45 #45DE91 #4546DE #DE4593

split-complementary

#DEDD45 #4593DE #9145DE

monochromatic

#8F8E19 #C3C223 #DEDD45 #E7E779 #F0F0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DEDD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD45

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD45	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	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)

#EFD42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.166 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece782',
    500: '#dedd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd45;
$custom-light: #ece782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87205,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD45

secondary

#333494

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD45

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

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