#DEDD51#DEDD51

#DEDD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.158 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD51
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -16.54, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 68.31, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0513 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.158 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4677, 67.8382, 17.8499)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD51 #5152DE

analogous

#DE9651 #DEDD51 #99DE51

triadic

#DEDD51 #51DEDD #DD51DE

tetradic

#DEDD51 #51DE96 #5152DE #DE5199

square

#DEDD51 #51DE96 #5152DE #DE5199

split-complementary

#DEDD51 #5199DE #9651DE

monochromatic

#98971D #CBCA27 #DEDD51 #E8E784 #F2F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD51

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD51	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.158 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe788',
    500: '#dedd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd51;
$custom-light: #ebe788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87297,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD51

secondary

#37389C

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD51

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

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