#DEDE4D#DEDE4D

#DEDE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.162 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE4D
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -17.26, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 70.24, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0537 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5869, 68.3096, 17.1713)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE4D #4D4DDE

analogous

#DE954D #DEDE4D #95DE4D

triadic

#DEDE4D #4DDEDE #DE4DDE

tetradic

#DEDE4D #4DDE95 #4D4DDE #DE4D95

square

#DEDE4D #4DDE95 #4D4DDE #DE4D95

split-complementary

#DEDE4D #4D95DE #954DDE

monochromatic

#95951C #C9C925 #DEDE4D #E8E881 #F1F1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DEDE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE4D

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE4D	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)

#EFD538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece886',
    500: '#dede4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede4d;
$custom-light: #ece886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87476,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE4D

secondary

#363699

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE4D

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

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