#DEDD65#DEDD65

#DEDD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD65
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -15.17, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 59.92, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0453 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3312, 68.1836, 22.3974)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD65 #6566DE

analogous

#DEA065 #DEDD65 #A2DE65

triadic

#DEDD65 #65DEDD #DD65DE

tetradic

#DEDD65 #65DEA0 #6566DE #DE65A2

square

#DEDD65 #65DEA0 #6566DE #DE65A2

split-complementary

#DEDD65 #65A2DE #A065DE

monochromatic

#A5A423 #D3D233 #DEDD65 #E9E897 #F4F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD65

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD65	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe795',
    500: '#dedd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd65;
$custom-light: #ebe795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8749,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD65

secondary

#3F40A8

accent

#1ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD65

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

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