#DEDD46#DEDD46

#DEDD46 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 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD46
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -17.14, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 72.45, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0541 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.166 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.0882, 67.6864, 15.8507)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD46 #4647DE

analogous

#DE9146 #DEDD46 #93DE46

triadic

#DEDD46 #46DEDD #DD46DE

tetradic

#DEDD46 #46DE91 #4647DE #DE4693

square

#DEDD46 #46DE91 #4647DE #DE4693

split-complementary

#DEDD46 #4693DE #9146DE

monochromatic

#908F1A #C4C323 #DEDD46 #E7E77A #F1F0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DEDD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD46

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD46	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.166 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece782',
    500: '#dedd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd46;
$custom-light: #ece782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87212,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD46

secondary

#333495

accent

#3CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD46

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

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