#DEDD73#DEDD73

#DEDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.129 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD73
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -14.01, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 53.56, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0405 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.129 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0765, 68.4817, 26.3226)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD73 #7374DE

analogous

#DEA773 #DEDD73 #A9DE73

triadic

#DEDD73 #73DEDD #DD73DE

tetradic

#DEDD73 #73DEA7 #7374DE #DE73A9

square

#DEDD73 #73DEA7 #7374DE #DE73A9

split-complementary

#DEDD73 #73A9DE #A773DE

monochromatic

#AEAC29 #D2D141 #DEDD73 #EAE9A5 #F5F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD73

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD73	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.129 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae79e',
    500: '#dedd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd73;
$custom-light: #eae79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87656,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD73

secondary

#4647B0

accent

#1ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD73

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

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