#DEDE47#DEDE47

#DEDE47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.166 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE47
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -17.58, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 72.46, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0552 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.166 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3848, 68.2288, 16.1066)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE47 #4747DE

analogous

#DE9347 #DEDE47 #93DE47

triadic

#DEDE47 #47DEDE #DE47DE

tetradic

#DEDE47 #47DE93 #4747DE #DE4793

square

#DEDE47 #47DE93 #4747DE #DE4793

split-complementary

#DEDE47 #4793DE #9347DE

monochromatic

#91911A #C5C523 #DEDE47 #E7E77B #F1F1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DEDE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE47

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE47	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.166 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece883',
    500: '#dede47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede47;
$custom-light: #ece883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87431,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE47

secondary

#343496

accent

#3BEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE47

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

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