#DEDD59#DEDD59

#DEDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.152 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD59
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -16.03, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 65.07, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.049 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.152 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7856, 67.9654, 19.5239)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD59 #595ADE

analogous

#DE9A59 #DEDD59 #9CDE59

triadic

#DEDD59 #59DEDD #DD59DE

tetradic

#DEDD59 #59DE9A #595ADE #DE599C

square

#DEDD59 #59DE9A #595ADE #DE599C

split-complementary

#DEDD59 #599CDE #9A59DE

monochromatic

#9D9C1F #D0CF29 #DEDD59 #E8E78C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DEDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD59

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD59	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)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.152 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78d',
    500: '#dedd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd59;
$custom-light: #ebe78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87368,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD59

secondary

#3A3BA1

accent

#18CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD59

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

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