#DEDE60#DEDE60

#DEDE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.148 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE60
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -16.04, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 62.52, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0483 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.3584, 68.6182, 21.2345)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE60 #6060DE

analogous

#DE9F60 #DEDE60 #9FDE60

triadic

#DEDE60 #60DEDE #DE60DE

tetradic

#DEDE60 #60DE9F #6060DE #DE609F

square

#DEDE60 #60DE9F #6060DE #DE609F

split-complementary

#DEDE60 #609FDE #9F60DE

monochromatic

#A2A222 #D3D32D #DEDE60 #E9E993 #F3F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DEDE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE60

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE60	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)

#EED652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe892',
    500: '#dede60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede60;
$custom-light: #ebe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87647,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE60

secondary

#3D3DA5

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE60

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

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