#DEDE53#DEDE53

#DEDE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.158 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE53
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -16.91, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 67.90, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0521 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.158 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8086, 68.3983, 18.3389)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE53 #5353DE

analogous

#DE9953 #DEDE53 #99DE53

triadic

#DEDE53 #53DEDE #DE53DE

tetradic

#DEDE53 #53DE99 #5353DE #DE5399

square

#DEDE53 #53DE99 #5353DE #DE5399

split-complementary

#DEDE53 #5399DE #9953DE

monochromatic

#99991D #CDCD27 #DEDE53 #E8E886 #F2F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DEDE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE53

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE53	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)

#EFD541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.158 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88a',
    500: '#dede53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede53;
$custom-light: #ebe88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87525,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE53

secondary

#38389D

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE53

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

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