#DEDD54#DEDD54

#DEDD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD54
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -16.35, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 67.11, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0504 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5827, 67.8842, 18.4555)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD54 #5455DE

analogous

#DE9854 #DEDD54 #9ADE54

triadic

#DEDD54 #54DEDD #DD54DE

tetradic

#DEDD54 #54DE98 #5455DE #DE549A

square

#DEDD54 #54DE98 #5455DE #DE549A

split-complementary

#DEDD54 #549ADE #9854DE

monochromatic

#9A991E #CDCC28 #DEDD54 #E8E787 #F2F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DEDD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD54

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD54	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78a',
    500: '#dedd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd54;
$custom-light: #ebe78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87323,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD54

secondary

#38399E

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD54

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

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