#DEDD62#DEDD62

#DEDD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD62
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -15.40, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 61.24, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0462 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1869, 68.1259, 21.6374)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD62 #6263DE

analogous

#DE9F62 #DEDD62 #A1DE62

triadic

#DEDD62 #62DEDD #DD62DE

tetradic

#DEDD62 #62DE9F #6263DE #DE62A1

square

#DEDD62 #62DE9F #6263DE #DE62A1

split-complementary

#DEDD62 #62A1DE #9F62DE

monochromatic

#A3A222 #D3D22F #DEDD62 #E9E895 #F3F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DEDD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD62

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD62	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)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe793',
    500: '#dedd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd62;
$custom-light: #ebe793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87458,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD62

secondary

#3E3FA6

accent

#1ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD62

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

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