#DEDD6B#DEDD6B

#DEDD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.137 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD6B
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 107)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -14.70, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 57.24, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0433 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6360, 68.3055, 24.0026)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD6B #6B6CDE

analogous

#DEA46B #DEDD6B #A6DE6B

triadic

#DEDD6B #6BDEDD #DD6BDE

tetradic

#DEDD6B #6BDEA4 #6B6CDE #DE6BA6

square

#DEDD6B #6BDEA4 #6B6CDE #DE6BA6

split-complementary

#DEDD6B #6BA6DE #A46BDE

monochromatic

#A9A826 #D3D239 #DEDD6B #E9E89D #F4F4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DEDD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD6B

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD6B	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)

#ECD560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae798',
    500: '#dedd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd6b;
$custom-light: #eae798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87558,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD6B

secondary

#4243AB

accent

#1CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD6B

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

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