#DEDE50#DEDE50

#DEDE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.160 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE50
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -17.09, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 69.08, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0529 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.16 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6953, 68.3530, 17.7421)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE50 #5050DE

analogous

#DE9750 #DEDE50 #97DE50

triadic

#DEDE50 #50DEDE #DE50DE

tetradic

#DEDE50 #50DE97 #5050DE #DE5097

square

#DEDE50 #50DE97 #5050DE #DE5097

split-complementary

#DEDE50 #5097DE #9750DE

monochromatic

#97971C #CBCB26 #DEDE50 #E8E883 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DEDE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE50

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE50	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)

#EFD53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.160 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece888',
    500: '#dede50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede50;
$custom-light: #ece888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.875,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE50

secondary

#37379B

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE50

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

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