#DEDE5B#DEDE5B

#DEDE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.152 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE5B
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -16.39, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 64.64, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0498 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.152 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1355, 68.5291, 20.0605)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE5B #5B5BDE

analogous

#DE9D5B #DEDE5B #9DDE5B

triadic

#DEDE5B #5BDEDE #DE5BDE

tetradic

#DEDE5B #5BDE9D #5B5BDE #DE5B9D

square

#DEDE5B #5BDE9D #5B5BDE #DE5B9D

split-complementary

#DEDE5B #5B9DDE #9D5BDE

monochromatic

#9F9F20 #D2D22A #DEDE5B #E8E88E #F3F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DEDE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE5B

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE5B	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.152 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88e',
    500: '#dede5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede5b;
$custom-light: #ebe88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87598,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE5B

secondary

#3B3BA2

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE5B

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

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