#DEDD68#DEDD68

#DEDD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD68
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -14.94, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 58.59, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0443 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4809, 68.2435, 23.1857)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD68 #6869DE

analogous

#DEA268 #DEDD68 #A4DE68

triadic

#DEDD68 #68DEDD #DD68DE

tetradic

#DEDD68 #68DEA2 #6869DE #DE68A4

square

#DEDD68 #68DEA2 #6869DE #DE68A4

split-complementary

#DEDD68 #68A4DE #A268DE

monochromatic

#A7A625 #D3D236 #DEDD68 #E9E89A #F4F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DEDD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD68

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD68	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe796',
    500: '#dedd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd68;
$custom-light: #ebe796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87524,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD68

secondary

#4141AA

accent

#1BCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD68

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

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