#DEDE44#DEDE44

#DEDE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.168 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE44
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -17.73, 71.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 73.53, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0559 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.168 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2909, 68.1912, 15.6120)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE44 #4444DE

analogous

#DE9144 #DEDE44 #91DE44

triadic

#DEDE44 #44DEDE #DE44DE

tetradic

#DEDE44 #44DE91 #4444DE #DE4491

square

#DEDE44 #44DE91 #4444DE #DE4491

split-complementary

#DEDE44 #4491DE #9144DE

monochromatic

#8E8E19 #C2C222 #DEDE44 #E7E778 #F0F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE44

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE44	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.168 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece881',
    500: '#dede44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede44;
$custom-light: #ece881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE44

secondary

#333394

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE44

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

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