#DEDD77#DEDD77

#DEDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.125 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD77
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -13.65, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 51.69, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0391 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.125 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3117, 68.5758, 27.5612)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD77 #7778DE

analogous

#DEA977 #DEDD77 #ACDE77

triadic

#DEDD77 #77DEDD #DD77DE

tetradic

#DEDD77 #77DEA9 #7778DE #DE77AC

square

#DEDD77 #77DEA9 #7778DE #DE77AC

split-complementary

#DEDD77 #77ACDE #A977DE

monochromatic

#B0AF2B #D2D146 #DEDD77 #EAE9A8 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DEDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD77

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD77	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.125 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7a0',
    500: '#dedd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd77;
$custom-light: #eae7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87709,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD77

secondary

#4748B2

accent

#1FC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD77

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

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