#DEDE61#DEDE61

#DEDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE61
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -15.97, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 62.08, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.048 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4048, 68.6367, 21.4786)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE61 #6161DE

analogous

#DE9F61 #DEDE61 #9FDE61

triadic

#DEDE61 #61DEDE #DE61DE

tetradic

#DEDE61 #61DE9F #6161DE #DE619F

square

#DEDE61 #61DE9F #6161DE #DE619F

split-complementary

#DEDE61 #619FDE #9F61DE

monochromatic

#A3A322 #D3D32E #DEDE61 #E9E994 #F3F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE61

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE61	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe892',
    500: '#dede61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede61;
$custom-light: #ebe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87658,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE61

secondary

#3E3EA6

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE61

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

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