#DEDD4C#DEDD4C

#DEDD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.162 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD4C
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 76)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -16.82, 68.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 70.24, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0526 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.162 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2871, 67.7660, 16.8985)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD4C #4C4DDE

analogous

#DE944C #DEDD4C #96DE4C

triadic

#DEDD4C #4CDEDD #DD4CDE

tetradic

#DEDD4C #4CDE94 #4C4DDE #DE4C96

square

#DEDD4C #4CDE94 #4C4DDE #DE4C96

split-complementary

#DEDD4C #4C96DE #944CDE

monochromatic

#94931B #C8C725 #DEDD4C #E8E780 #F1F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DEDD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD4C

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD4C	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.162 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece786',
    500: '#dedd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd4c;
$custom-light: #ece786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87256,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD4C

secondary

#353699

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD4C

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

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