#DEDE41#DEDE41

#DEDE41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.170 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE41
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -17.87, 72.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 74.56, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0566 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.17 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2017, 68.1555, 15.1421)
Luminance	0.6815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE41 #4141DE

analogous

#DE9041 #DEDE41 #90DE41

triadic

#DEDE41 #41DEDE #DE41DE

tetradic

#DEDE41 #41DE90 #4141DE #DE4190

square

#DEDE41 #41DE90 #4141DE #DE4190

split-complementary

#DEDE41 #4190DE #9041DE

monochromatic

#8C8C18 #C0C021 #DEDE41 #E7E775 #F0F0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DEDE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE41

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE41	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.170 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece880',
    500: '#dede41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede41;
$custom-light: #ece880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8739,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE41

secondary

#323292

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE41

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

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