#DEDE55#DEDE55

#DEDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE55
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -16.78, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 67.10, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0515 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8870, 68.4296, 18.7515)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE55 #5555DE

analogous

#DE9955 #DEDE55 #99DE55

triadic

#DEDE55 #55DEDE #DE55DE

tetradic

#DEDE55 #55DE99 #5555DE #DE5599

square

#DEDE55 #55DE99 #5555DE #DE5599

split-complementary

#DEDE55 #5599DE #9955DE

monochromatic

#9B9B1E #CECE28 #DEDE55 #E8E888 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE55

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE55	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88b',
    500: '#dede55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede55;
$custom-light: #ebe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87543,
    "c": 0.15642,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE55

secondary

#39399E

accent

#16CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE55

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

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