#DEDD4F#DEDD4F

#DEDD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.160 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD4F
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -16.65, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 69.09, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0518 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.16 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3938, 67.8087, 17.4607)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD4F #4F50DE

analogous

#DE964F #DEDD4F #98DE4F

triadic

#DEDD4F #4FDEDD #DD4FDE

tetradic

#DEDD4F #4FDE96 #4F50DE #DE4F98

square

#DEDD4F #4FDE96 #4F50DE #DE4F98

split-complementary

#DEDD4F #4F98DE #964FDE

monochromatic

#96961C #CAC926 #DEDD4F #E8E783 #F1F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DEDD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD4F

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD4F	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)

#EED43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.160 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece787',
    500: '#dedd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd4f;
$custom-light: #ece787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8728,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD4F

secondary

#37379B

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD4F

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

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