#DEDE49#DEDE49

#DEDE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.165 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE49
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -17.48, 69.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 71.73, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0547 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.165 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4500, 68.2549, 16.4503)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE49 #4949DE

analogous

#DE9349 #DEDE49 #93DE49

triadic

#DEDE49 #49DEDE #DE49DE

tetradic

#DEDE49 #49DE93 #4949DE #DE4993

square

#DEDE49 #49DE93 #4949DE #DE4993

split-complementary

#DEDE49 #4993DE #9349DE

monochromatic

#92921A #C6C624 #DEDE49 #E7E77D #F1F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#DEDE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE49

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE49	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)

#EFD532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.165 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece884',
    500: '#dede49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede49;
$custom-light: #ece884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87445,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE49

secondary

#343497

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE49

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

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