#DEDE54#DEDE54

#DEDE54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE54
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -16.85, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 67.51, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0518 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8475, 68.4139, 18.5437)
Luminance	0.6841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE54 #5454DE

analogous

#DE9954 #DEDE54 #99DE54

triadic

#DEDE54 #54DEDE #DE54DE

tetradic

#DEDE54 #54DE99 #5454DE #DE5499

square

#DEDE54 #54DE99 #5454DE #DE5499

split-complementary

#DEDE54 #5499DE #9954DE

monochromatic

#9A9A1E #CDCD28 #DEDE54 #E8E887 #F2F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DEDE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE54

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE54	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)

#EFD542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88a',
    500: '#dede54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede54;
$custom-light: #ebe88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87534,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE54

secondary

#38389E

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE54

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

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