#DEDE62#DEDE62

#DEDE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE62
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -15.89, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 61.65, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0477 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4517, 68.6555, 21.7257)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE62 #6262DE

analogous

#DEA062 #DEDE62 #A0DE62

triadic

#DEDE62 #62DEDE #DE62DE

tetradic

#DEDE62 #62DEA0 #6262DE #DE62A0

square

#DEDE62 #62DEA0 #6262DE #DE62A0

split-complementary

#DEDE62 #62A0DE #A062DE

monochromatic

#A3A322 #D3D32F #DEDE62 #E9E995 #F3F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE62

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE62	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)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe893',
    500: '#dede62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede62;
$custom-light: #ebe893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87668,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE62

secondary

#3E3EA6

accent

#18CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE62

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

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