#DEDD6A#DEDD6A

#DEDD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD6A
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -14.78, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 57.69, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0436 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.5837, 68.2846, 23.7271)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD6A #6A6BDE

analogous

#DEA36A #DEDD6A #A5DE6A

triadic

#DEDD6A #6ADEDD #DD6ADE

tetradic

#DEDD6A #6ADEA3 #6A6BDE #DE6AA5

square

#DEDD6A #6ADEA3 #6A6BDE #DE6AA5

split-complementary

#DEDD6A #6AA5DE #A36ADE

monochromatic

#A8A725 #D3D238 #DEDD6A #E9E89C #F4F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DEDD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD6A

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD6A	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae798',
    500: '#dedd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd6a;
$custom-light: #eae798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87547,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD6A

secondary

#4142AB

accent

#1CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD6A

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

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