#DEDD7E#DEDD7E

#DEDD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.118 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD7E
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -12.98, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 48.36, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0366 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.118 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7476, 68.7502, 29.8574)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD7E #7E7FDE

analogous

#DEAD7E #DEDD7E #AFDE7E

triadic

#DEDD7E #7EDEDD #DD7EDE

tetradic

#DEDD7E #7EDEAD #7E7FDE #DE7EAF

square

#DEDD7E #7EDEAD #7E7FDE #DE7EAF

split-complementary

#DEDD7E #7EAFDE #AD7EDE

monochromatic

#B4B22E #D2D04D #DEDD7E #EAEAAF #F7F7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DEDD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD7E

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD7E	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.118 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7a5',
    500: '#dedd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd7e;
$custom-light: #eae7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87806,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD7E

secondary

#4B4DB5

accent

#20C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD7E

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

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