#DEDE5E#DEDE5E

#DEDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE5E
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -16.18, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 63.37, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0489 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2675, 68.5819, 20.7558)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE5E #5E5EDE

analogous

#DE9E5E #DEDE5E #9EDE5E

triadic

#DEDE5E #5EDEDE #DE5EDE

tetradic

#DEDE5E #5EDE9E #5E5EDE #DE5E9E

square

#DEDE5E #5EDE9E #5E5EDE #DE5E9E

split-complementary

#DEDE5E #5E9EDE #9E5EDE

monochromatic

#A1A121 #D3D32B #DEDE5E #E8E891 #F3F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DEDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE5E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE5E	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe890',
    500: '#dede5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede5e;
$custom-light: #ebe890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87627,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE5E

secondary

#3C3CA4

accent

#18CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE5E

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

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