#DEDE63#DEDE63

#DEDE63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE63
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -15.82, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 61.22, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0473 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4992, 68.6745, 21.9759)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE63 #6363DE

analogous

#DEA063 #DEDE63 #A0DE63

triadic

#DEDE63 #63DEDE #DE63DE

tetradic

#DEDE63 #63DEA0 #6363DE #DE63A0

square

#DEDE63 #63DEA0 #6363DE #DE63A0

split-complementary

#DEDE63 #63A0DE #A063DE

monochromatic

#A4A423 #D3D330 #DEDE63 #E9E996 #F3F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE63

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE63	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)

#EED656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe893',
    500: '#dede63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede63;
$custom-light: #ebe893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87679,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE63

secondary

#3E3EA7

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE63

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

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