#DEDD5D#DEDD5D

#DEDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD5D
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -15.76, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 63.39, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0478 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9581, 68.0344, 20.4327)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD5D #5D5EDE

analogous

#DE9D5D #DEDD5D #9FDE5D

triadic

#DEDD5D #5DDEDD #DD5DDE

tetradic

#DEDD5D #5DDE9D #5D5EDE #DE5D9F

square

#DEDD5D #5DDE9D #5D5EDE #DE5D9F

split-complementary

#DEDD5D #5D9FDE #9D5DDE

monochromatic

#A09F21 #D3D22B #DEDD5D #E8E890 #F3F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DEDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD5D

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD5D	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe790',
    500: '#dedd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd5d;
$custom-light: #ebe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87407,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD5D

secondary

#3C3DA3

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD5D

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

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