#DEDF55#DEDF55

#DEDF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDF55
RGB	rgb(222, 223, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -17.28, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 67.50, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0529 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1534, 68.9624, 18.8403)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDF55 #5655DF

analogous

#DF9B55 #DEDF55 #99DF55

triadic

#DEDF55 #55DEDF #DF55DE

tetradic

#DEDF55 #55DF9B #5655DF #DF5599

square

#DEDF55 #55DF9B #5655DF #DF5599

split-complementary

#DEDF55 #5599DF #9B55DF

monochromatic

#9B9C1D #CED027 #DEDF55 #E8E989 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DEDF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDF55

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDF55	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)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 223, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88b',
    500: '#dedf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedf55;
$custom-light: #ebe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87754,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDF55

secondary

#3938A0

accent

#15D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDF55

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

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