#DEDD4E#DEDD4E

#DEDD4E 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	#DEDD4E
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -16.71, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 69.47, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0521 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.161 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3577, 67.7942, 17.2704)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD4E #4E4FDE

analogous

#DE954E #DEDD4E #97DE4E

triadic

#DEDD4E #4EDEDD #DD4EDE

tetradic

#DEDD4E #4EDE95 #4E4FDE #DE4E97

square

#DEDD4E #4EDE95 #4E4FDE #DE4E97

split-complementary

#DEDD4E #4E97DE #954EDE

monochromatic

#96951C #C9C826 #DEDD4E #E8E782 #F1F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DEDD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD4E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD4E	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)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.161 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece787',
    500: '#dedd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd4e;
$custom-light: #ece787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87272,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD4E

secondary

#36379A

accent

#3EEB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD4E

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

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