#DEDD4D#DEDD4D

#DEDD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.161 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD4D
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -16.77, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 69.86, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0523 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3221, 67.7800, 17.0831)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD4D #4D4EDE

analogous

#DE944D #DEDD4D #96DE4D

triadic

#DEDD4D #4DDEDD #DD4DDE

tetradic

#DEDD4D #4DDE94 #4D4EDE #DE4D96

square

#DEDD4D #4DDE94 #4D4EDE #DE4D96

split-complementary

#DEDD4D #4D96DE #944DDE

monochromatic

#95941C #C9C725 #DEDD4D #E8E781 #F1F1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DEDD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD4D

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD4D	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece786',
    500: '#dedd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd4d;
$custom-light: #ece786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87264,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD4D

secondary

#363699

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD4D

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

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