#DEDD74#DEDD74

#DEDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.128 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD74
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -13.92, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 53.10, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0402 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.128 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1343, 68.5049, 26.6273)
Luminance	0.6850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD74 #7475DE

analogous

#DEA874 #DEDD74 #AADE74

triadic

#DEDD74 #74DEDD #DD74DE

tetradic

#DEDD74 #74DEA8 #7475DE #DE74AA

square

#DEDD74 #74DEA8 #7475DE #DE74AA

split-complementary

#DEDD74 #74AADE #A874DE

monochromatic

#AEAD29 #D2D143 #DEDD74 #EAE9A5 #F5F5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD74

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD74	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)

#ECD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.128 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae79e',
    500: '#dedd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd74;
$custom-light: #eae79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87669,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD74

secondary

#4647B0

accent

#1EC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD74

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

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