#DEDE45#DEDE45

#DEDE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE45
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -17.68, 71.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 73.18, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0557 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3217, 68.2035, 15.7742)
Luminance	0.6820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE45 #4545DE

analogous

#DE9245 #DEDE45 #92DE45

triadic

#DEDE45 #45DEDE #DE45DE

tetradic

#DEDE45 #45DE92 #4545DE #DE4592

square

#DEDE45 #45DE92 #4545DE #DE4592

split-complementary

#DEDE45 #4592DE #9245DE

monochromatic

#8F8F19 #C3C323 #DEDE45 #E7E779 #F0F0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE45

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE45	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)

#F0D52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece882',
    500: '#dede45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede45;
$custom-light: #ece882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87416,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE45

secondary

#333394

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE45

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

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