#DEDD5A#DEDD5A

#DEDD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.151 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD5A
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -15.97, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 64.65, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0487 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.152 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.8279, 67.9823, 19.7466)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD5A #5A5BDE

analogous

#DE9B5A #DEDD5A #9DDE5A

triadic

#DEDD5A #5ADEDD #DD5ADE

tetradic

#DEDD5A #5ADE9B #5A5BDE #DE5A9D

square

#DEDD5A #5ADE9B #5A5BDE #DE5A9D

split-complementary

#DEDD5A #5A9DDE #9B5ADE

monochromatic

#9E9D20 #D1D02A #DEDD5A #E8E88D #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DEDD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD5A

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD5A	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.151 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78e',
    500: '#dedd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd5a;
$custom-light: #ebe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87378,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD5A

secondary

#3B3BA1

accent

#18CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD5A

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

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