#DEDE4F#DEDE4F

#DEDE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE4F
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -17.15, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 69.47, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0532 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6586, 68.3383, 17.5490)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE4F #4F4FDE

analogous

#DE974F #DEDE4F #97DE4F

triadic

#DEDE4F #4FDEDE #DE4FDE

tetradic

#DEDE4F #4FDE97 #4F4FDE #DE4F97

square

#DEDE4F #4FDE97 #4F4FDE #DE4F97

split-complementary

#DEDE4F #4F97DE #974FDE

monochromatic

#96961C #CACA26 #DEDE4F #E8E883 #F1F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DEDE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE4F

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE4F	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece887',
    500: '#dede4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede4f;
$custom-light: #ece887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87492,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE4F

secondary

#37379B

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE4F

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

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