#DEDE48#DEDE48

#DEDE48 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	#DEDE48
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -17.53, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 72.10, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0549 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.166 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4171, 68.2417, 16.2771)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE48 #4848DE

analogous

#DE9348 #DEDE48 #93DE48

triadic

#DEDE48 #48DEDE #DE48DE

tetradic

#DEDE48 #48DE93 #4848DE #DE4893

square

#DEDE48 #48DE93 #4848DE #DE4893

split-complementary

#DEDE48 #4893DE #9348DE

monochromatic

#91911A #C5C524 #DEDE48 #E7E77C #F1F1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DEDE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE48

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE48	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)

#EFD531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.166 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece884',
    500: '#dede48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede48;
$custom-light: #ece884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87438,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE48

secondary

#343496

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE48

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

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