#DEDE4E#DEDE4E

#DEDE4E 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	#DEDE4E
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -17.20, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 69.86, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0534 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.162 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6225, 68.3238, 17.3587)
Luminance	0.6832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE4E #4E4EDE

analogous

#DE964E #DEDE4E #96DE4E

triadic

#DEDE4E #4EDEDE #DE4EDE

tetradic

#DEDE4E #4EDE96 #4E4EDE #DE4E96

square

#DEDE4E #4EDE96 #4E4EDE #DE4E96

split-complementary

#DEDE4E #4E96DE #964EDE

monochromatic

#96961C #C9C926 #DEDE4E #E8E882 #F1F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DEDE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE4E

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE4E	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)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.162 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece887',
    500: '#dede4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede4e;
$custom-light: #ece887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87484,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE4E

secondary

#36369A

accent

#3CEB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE4E

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

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