#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
RGBrgb(222, 222, 59)
HSLhsl(60, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(60, 73%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(86.05, -18.14, 74.35)
CIE-LCHlch(86.05, 76.53, 103.71°)
OKLaboklab(87.35% -0.0578 0.1633)
OKLCHoklch(87.35% 0.173 109.5)
XYZxyz(57.0370, 68.0896, 14.2749)
Luminance0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DEDE3B1.001.4414.6214.62
#FFFFFF1.441.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6221.001.001.00
##00000014.6221.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#DEDE3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva