#DEDD66#DEDD66

#DEDD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD66
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -15.10, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 59.48, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.045 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3805, 68.2033, 22.6570)
Luminance	0.6820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD66 #6667DE

analogous

#DEA166 #DEDD66 #A3DE66

triadic

#DEDD66 #66DEDD #DD66DE

tetradic

#DEDD66 #66DEA1 #6667DE #DE66A3

square

#DEDD66 #66DEA1 #6667DE #DE66A3

split-complementary

#DEDD66 #66A3DE #A166DE

monochromatic

#A6A524 #D3D234 #DEDD66 #E9E898 #F4F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD66

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD66	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)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe795',
    500: '#dedd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd66;
$custom-light: #ebe795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87501,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD66

secondary

#4041A9

accent

#1BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD66

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

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