#DEDE4B#DEDE4B

#DEDE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.164 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE4B
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -17.37, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 70.99, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0542 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.164 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5174, 68.2818, 16.8051)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE4B #4B4BDE

analogous

#DE944B #DEDE4B #94DE4B

triadic

#DEDE4B #4BDEDE #DE4BDE

tetradic

#DEDE4B #4BDE94 #4B4BDE #DE4B94

square

#DEDE4B #4BDE94 #4B4BDE #DE4B94

split-complementary

#DEDE4B #4B94DE #944BDE

monochromatic

#94941B #C7C725 #DEDE4B #E7E77F #F1F1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DEDE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE4B

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE4B	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.164 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece885',
    500: '#dede4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede4b;
$custom-light: #ece885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8746,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE4B

secondary

#353598

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE4B

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

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