#DEDD85#DEDD85

#DEDD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.110 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD85
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -12.26, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 44.97, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0339 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.11 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2152, 68.9372, 32.3199)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD85 #8586DE

analogous

#DEB185 #DEDD85 #B3DE85

triadic

#DEDD85 #85DEDD #DD85DE

tetradic

#DEDD85 #85DEB1 #8586DE #DE85B3

square

#DEDD85 #85DEB1 #8586DE #DE85B3

split-complementary

#DEDD85 #85B3DE #B185DE

monochromatic

#B7B632 #D1D055 #DEDD85 #EBEAB5 #F8F8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DEDD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD85

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD85	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.110 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7aa',
    500: '#dedd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd85;
$custom-light: #eae7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8791,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD85

secondary

#5253B5

accent

#22C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD85

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

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