#DEDE5A#DEDE5A

#DEDE5A 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	#DEDE5A
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -16.46, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 65.05, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0501 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0927, 68.5119, 19.8348)
Luminance	0.6851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE5A #5A5ADE

analogous

#DE9C5A #DEDE5A #9CDE5A

triadic

#DEDE5A #5ADEDE #DE5ADE

tetradic

#DEDE5A #5ADE9C #5A5ADE #DE5A9C

square

#DEDE5A #5ADE9C #5A5ADE #DE5A9C

split-complementary

#DEDE5A #5A9CDE #9C5ADE

monochromatic

#9E9E20 #D1D12A #DEDE5A #E8E88D #F2F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE5A

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE5A	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)

#EFD54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88e',
    500: '#dede5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede5a;
$custom-light: #ebe88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87588,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE5A

secondary

#3B3BA1

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE5A

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

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