#DEDD55#DEDD55

#DEDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD55
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -16.29, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 66.71, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0501 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6222, 67.9000, 18.6632)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD55 #5556DE

analogous

#DE9855 #DEDD55 #9ADE55

triadic

#DEDD55 #55DEDD #DD55DE

tetradic

#DEDD55 #55DE98 #5556DE #DE559A

square

#DEDD55 #55DE98 #5556DE #DE559A

split-complementary

#DEDD55 #559ADE #9855DE

monochromatic

#9B9A1E #CECD28 #DEDD55 #E8E788 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DEDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD55

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD55	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)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78b',
    500: '#dedd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd55;
$custom-light: #ebe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87332,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD55

secondary

#393A9E

accent

#17CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD55

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

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