#DEDD72#DEDD72

#DEDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.130 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD72
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -14.10, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 54.03, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0409 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.13 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0193, 68.4589, 26.0212)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD72 #7273DE

analogous

#DEA772 #DEDD72 #A9DE72

triadic

#DEDD72 #72DEDD #DD72DE

tetradic

#DEDD72 #72DEA7 #7273DE #DE72A9

square

#DEDD72 #72DEA7 #7273DE #DE72A9

split-complementary

#DEDD72 #72A9DE #A772DE

monochromatic

#ADAC29 #D2D140 #DEDD72 #EAE9A4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD72

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD72	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.130 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae79d',
    500: '#dedd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd72;
$custom-light: #eae79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87644,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD72

secondary

#4546AF

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD72

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

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