#DEDD57#DEDD57

#DEDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD57
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -16.16, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 65.89, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0496 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7027, 67.9322, 19.0876)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD57 #5758DE

analogous

#DE9A57 #DEDD57 #9BDE57

triadic

#DEDD57 #57DEDD #DD57DE

tetradic

#DEDD57 #57DE9A #5758DE #DE579B

square

#DEDD57 #57DE9A #5758DE #DE579B

split-complementary

#DEDD57 #579BDE #9A57DE

monochromatic

#9C9B1F #CFCE29 #DEDD57 #E8E78A #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DEDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD57

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD57	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78c',
    500: '#dedd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd57;
$custom-light: #ebe78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8735,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD57

secondary

#3A3AA0

accent

#18CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD57

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

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