#DEDD52#DEDD52

#DEDD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; 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	#DEDD52
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -16.48, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 67.91, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.051 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.158 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5055, 67.8534, 18.0488)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD52 #5253DE

analogous

#DE9752 #DEDD52 #99DE52

triadic

#DEDD52 #52DEDD #DD52DE

tetradic

#DEDD52 #52DE97 #5253DE #DE5299

square

#DEDD52 #52DE97 #5253DE #DE5299

split-complementary

#DEDD52 #5299DE #9752DE

monochromatic

#99981D #CCCB27 #DEDD52 #E8E785 #F2F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD52

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD52	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)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.158 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe789',
    500: '#dedd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd52;
$custom-light: #ebe789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87305,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD52

secondary

#38389D

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD52

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

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