#DEDD6D#DEDD6D

#DEDD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.135 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD6D
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -14.53, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 56.33, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0426 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7424, 68.3481, 24.5631)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD6D #6D6EDE

analogous

#DEA56D #DEDD6D #A7DE6D

triadic

#DEDD6D #6DDEDD #DD6DDE

tetradic

#DEDD6D #6DDEA5 #6D6EDE #DE6DA7

square

#DEDD6D #6DDEA5 #6D6EDE #DE6DA7

split-complementary

#DEDD6D #6DA7DE #A56DDE

monochromatic

#AAA926 #D3D13B #DEDD6D #E9E99F #F5F4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DEDD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD6D

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD6D	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae79a',
    500: '#dedd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd6d;
$custom-light: #eae79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87582,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD6D

secondary

#4344AC

accent

#1CCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD6D

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

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