#DEDD5C#DEDD5C

#DEDD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.150 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD5C
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -15.83, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 63.81, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0481 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.15 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9141, 68.0168, 20.2010)
Luminance	0.6802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD5C #5C5DDE

analogous

#DE9C5C #DEDD5C #9EDE5C

triadic

#DEDD5C #5CDEDD #DD5CDE

tetradic

#DEDD5C #5CDE9C #5C5DDE #DE5C9E

square

#DEDD5C #5CDE9C #5C5DDE #DE5C9E

split-complementary

#DEDD5C #5C9EDE #9C5CDE

monochromatic

#9F9E20 #D2D12B #DEDD5C #E8E88F #F3F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DEDD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD5C

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD5C	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)

#EDD54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.150 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78f',
    500: '#dedd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd5c;
$custom-light: #ebe78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87397,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD5C

secondary

#3C3CA3

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD5C

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

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