#DEDD63#DEDD63

#DEDD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD63
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -15.33, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 60.80, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0459 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2344, 68.1449, 21.8876)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD63 #6364DE

analogous

#DE9F63 #DEDD63 #A1DE63

triadic

#DEDD63 #63DEDD #DD63DE

tetradic

#DEDD63 #63DE9F #6364DE #DE63A1

square

#DEDD63 #63DE9F #6364DE #DE63A1

split-complementary

#DEDD63 #63A1DE #9F63DE

monochromatic

#A4A323 #D3D230 #DEDD63 #E9E896 #F3F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DEDD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD63

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD63	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe793',
    500: '#dedd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd63;
$custom-light: #ebe793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87469,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD63

secondary

#3E3FA7

accent

#1ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD63

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

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