#DEDE59#DEDE59

#DEDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE59
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -16.53, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 65.47, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0504 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0504, 68.4950, 19.6122)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE59 #5959DE

analogous

#DE9B59 #DEDE59 #9BDE59

triadic

#DEDE59 #59DEDE #DE59DE

tetradic

#DEDE59 #59DE9B #5959DE #DE599B

square

#DEDE59 #59DE9B #5959DE #DE599B

split-complementary

#DEDE59 #599BDE #9B59DE

monochromatic

#9D9D1F #D0D029 #DEDE59 #E8E88C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE59

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE59	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88d',
    500: '#dede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede59;
$custom-light: #ebe88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87579,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE59

secondary

#3A3AA1

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE59

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

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