#DEDE5D#DEDE5D

#DEDE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE5D
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -16.25, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 63.80, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0492 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2230, 68.5640, 20.5210)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE5D #5D5DDE

analogous

#DE9E5D #DEDE5D #9EDE5D

triadic

#DEDE5D #5DDEDE #DE5DDE

tetradic

#DEDE5D #5DDE9E #5D5DDE #DE5D9E

square

#DEDE5D #5DDE9E #5D5DDE #DE5D9E

split-complementary

#DEDE5D #5D9EDE #9E5DDE

monochromatic

#A0A021 #D3D32B #DEDE5D #E8E890 #F3F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DEDE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE5D

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE5D	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)

#EED54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe890',
    500: '#dede5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede5d;
$custom-light: #ebe890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87617,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE5D

secondary

#3C3CA3

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE5D

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

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