#DEDD5B#DEDD5B

#DEDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.151 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD5B
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -15.90, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 64.23, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0484 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.151 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.8707, 67.9994, 19.9723)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD5B #5B5CDE

analogous

#DE9C5B #DEDD5B #9EDE5B

triadic

#DEDD5B #5BDEDD #DD5BDE

tetradic

#DEDD5B #5BDE9C #5B5CDE #DE5B9E

square

#DEDD5B #5BDE9C #5B5CDE #DE5B9E

split-complementary

#DEDD5B #5B9EDE #9C5BDE

monochromatic

#9F9E20 #D2D02A #DEDD5B #E8E88E #F3F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DEDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD5B

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD5B	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)

#EDD54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.151 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78e',
    500: '#dedd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd5b;
$custom-light: #ebe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87387,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD5B

secondary

#3B3CA2

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD5B

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

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