#DEDE57#DEDE57

#DEDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.155 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE57
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -16.66, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 66.29, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.051 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.155 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9676, 68.4619, 19.1759)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE57 #5757DE

analogous

#DE9A57 #DEDE57 #9ADE57

triadic

#DEDE57 #57DEDE #DE57DE

tetradic

#DEDE57 #57DE9A #5757DE #DE579A

square

#DEDE57 #57DE9A #5757DE #DE579A

split-complementary

#DEDE57 #579ADE #9A57DE

monochromatic

#9C9C1F #CFCF29 #DEDE57 #E8E88A #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE57

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE57	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)

#EFD547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.155 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88c',
    500: '#dede57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede57;
$custom-light: #ebe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8756,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE57

secondary

#3A3AA0

accent

#16CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE57

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

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