#DEDE56#DEDE56

#DEDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE56
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -16.72, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 66.70, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0513 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9270, 68.4456, 18.9622)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE56 #5656DE

analogous

#DE9A56 #DEDE56 #9ADE56

triadic

#DEDE56 #56DEDE #DE56DE

tetradic

#DEDE56 #56DE9A #5656DE #DE569A

square

#DEDE56 #56DE9A #5656DE #DE569A

split-complementary

#DEDE56 #569ADE #9A56DE

monochromatic

#9B9B1E #CECE28 #DEDE56 #E8E889 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE56

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE56	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)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88b',
    500: '#dede56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede56;
$custom-light: #ebe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87551,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE56

secondary

#39399F

accent

#16CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE56

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

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