#DEDD50#DEDD50

#DEDD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.159 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD50
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -16.60, 66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 68.70, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0515 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.159 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4305, 67.8234, 17.6538)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD50 #5051DE

analogous

#DE9650 #DEDD50 #98DE50

triadic

#DEDD50 #50DEDD #DD50DE

tetradic

#DEDD50 #50DE96 #5051DE #DE5098

square

#DEDD50 #50DE96 #5051DE #DE5098

split-complementary

#DEDD50 #5098DE #9650DE

monochromatic

#97961C #CBC926 #DEDD50 #E8E783 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DEDD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD50

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD50	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)

#EED43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.159 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece788',
    500: '#dedd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd50;
$custom-light: #ece788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87289,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD50

secondary

#37389B

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD50

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

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