#DEDD60#DEDD60

#DEDD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD60
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -15.55, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 62.11, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0469 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0936, 68.0886, 21.1463)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD60 #6061DE

analogous

#DE9E60 #DEDD60 #A0DE60

triadic

#DEDD60 #60DEDD #DD60DE

tetradic

#DEDD60 #60DE9E #6061DE #DE60A0

square

#DEDD60 #60DE9E #6061DE #DE60A0

split-complementary

#DEDD60 #60A0DE #9E60DE

monochromatic

#A2A122 #D3D22D #DEDD60 #E9E893 #F3F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DEDD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD60

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD60	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe791',
    500: '#dedd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd60;
$custom-light: #ebe791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87437,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD60

secondary

#3D3EA5

accent

#19CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD60

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

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