#DEDE52#DEDE52

#DEDE52 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 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE52
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -16.97, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 68.30, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0524 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.159 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7703, 68.3830, 18.1371)
Luminance	0.6838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE52 #5252DE

analogous

#DE9852 #DEDE52 #98DE52

triadic

#DEDE52 #52DEDE #DE52DE

tetradic

#DEDE52 #52DE98 #5252DE #DE5298

square

#DEDE52 #52DE98 #5252DE #DE5298

split-complementary

#DEDE52 #5298DE #9852DE

monochromatic

#99991D #CCCC27 #DEDE52 #E8E885 #F2F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DEDE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE52

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE52	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.159 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#dede52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede52;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87517,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE52

secondary

#38389D

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE52

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

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