#DEDD5E#DEDD5E

#DEDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.148 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD5E
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -15.69, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 62.96, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0475 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.148 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0027, 68.0522, 20.6675)
Luminance	0.6805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD5E #5E5FDE

analogous

#DE9D5E #DEDD5E #9FDE5E

triadic

#DEDD5E #5EDEDD #DD5EDE

tetradic

#DEDD5E #5EDE9D #5E5FDE #DE5E9F

square

#DEDD5E #5EDE9D #5E5FDE #DE5E9F

split-complementary

#DEDD5E #5E9FDE #9D5EDE

monochromatic

#A1A021 #D3D22B #DEDD5E #E8E891 #F3F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DEDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD5E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD5E	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)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.148 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe790',
    500: '#dedd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd5e;
$custom-light: #ebe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87417,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD5E

secondary

#3C3DA4

accent

#19CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD5E

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

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