#DEDD53#DEDD53

#DEDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.157 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD53
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -16.42, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 67.51, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0507 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.157 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5438, 67.8687, 18.2507)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD53 #5354DE

analogous

#DE9753 #DEDD53 #9ADE53

triadic

#DEDD53 #53DEDD #DD53DE

tetradic

#DEDD53 #53DE97 #5354DE #DE539A

square

#DEDD53 #53DE97 #5354DE #DE539A

split-complementary

#DEDD53 #539ADE #9753DE

monochromatic

#99981D #CDCB27 #DEDD53 #E8E786 #F2F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD53

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD53	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)

#EED441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.157 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78a',
    500: '#dedd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd53;
$custom-light: #ebe78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87314,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD53

secondary

#38399D

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD53

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

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