#DEDE3B#DEDE3B

#DEDE3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.173 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE3B
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -18.14, 74.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 76.53, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0578 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.173 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0370, 68.0896, 14.2749)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE3B #3B3BDE

analogous

#DE8C3B #DEDE3B #8CDE3B

triadic

#DEDE3B #3BDEDE #DE3BDE

tetradic

#DEDE3B #3BDE8C #3B3BDE #DE3B8C

square

#DEDE3B #3BDE8C #3B3BDE #DE3B8C

split-complementary

#DEDE3B #3B8CDE #8C3BDE

monochromatic

#888817 #BCBC20 #DEDE3B #E7E76F #F0F0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DEDE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE3B

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE3B	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.173 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece87d',
    500: '#dede3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede3b;
$custom-light: #ece87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87353,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE3B

secondary

#2F2F8E

accent

#3AEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE3B

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

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