#DEDD49#DEDD49

#DEDD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.164 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD49
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -16.99, 69.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 71.36, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0533 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.164 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.1852, 67.7252, 16.3620)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD49 #494ADE

analogous

#DE9249 #DEDD49 #95DE49

triadic

#DEDD49 #49DEDD #DD49DE

tetradic

#DEDD49 #49DE92 #494ADE #DE4995

square

#DEDD49 #49DE92 #494ADE #DE4995

split-complementary

#DEDD49 #4995DE #9249DE

monochromatic

#92911A #C6C524 #DEDD49 #E7E77D #F1F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DEDD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD49

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD49	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)

#EED432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.164 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece784',
    500: '#dedd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd49;
$custom-light: #ece784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87234,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.67724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD49

secondary

#343597

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD49

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

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