#DEDE46#DEDE46

#DEDE46 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	#DEDE46
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -17.63, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 72.82, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0554 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3530, 68.2160, 15.9390)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE46 #4646DE

analogous

#DE9246 #DEDE46 #92DE46

triadic

#DEDE46 #46DEDE #DE46DE

tetradic

#DEDE46 #46DE92 #4646DE #DE4692

square

#DEDE46 #46DE92 #4646DE #DE4692

split-complementary

#DEDE46 #4692DE #9246DE

monochromatic

#90901A #C4C423 #DEDE46 #E7E77A #F1F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DEDE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE46

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE46	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)

#F0D52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece883',
    500: '#dede46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede46;
$custom-light: #ece883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87423,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE46

secondary

#333395

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE46

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

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