#DEDE51#DEDE51

#DEDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.159 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE51
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -17.03, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 68.69, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0526 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.159 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7325, 68.3679, 17.9381)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE51 #5151DE

analogous

#DE9851 #DEDE51 #98DE51

triadic

#DEDE51 #51DEDE #DE51DE

tetradic

#DEDE51 #51DE98 #5151DE #DE5198

square

#DEDE51 #51DE98 #5151DE #DE5198

split-complementary

#DEDE51 #5198DE #9851DE

monochromatic

#98981D #CBCB27 #DEDE51 #E8E884 #F2F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DEDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE51

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE51	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)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.159 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#dede51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede51;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87508,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE51

secondary

#37379C

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE51

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

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