#DEDE65#DEDE65

#DEDE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE65
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -15.67, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 60.34, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0467 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(58.5960, 68.7132, 22.4857)
Luminance	0.6871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE65 #6565DE

analogous

#DEA165 #DEDE65 #A1DE65

triadic

#DEDE65 #65DEDE #DE65DE

tetradic

#DEDE65 #65DEA1 #6565DE #DE65A1

square

#DEDE65 #65DEA1 #6565DE #DE65A1

split-complementary

#DEDE65 #65A1DE #A165DE

monochromatic

#A5A523 #D3D333 #DEDE65 #E9E997 #F4F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#DEDE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE65

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE65	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe895',
    500: '#dede65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede65;
$custom-light: #ebe895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.877,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.68712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE65

secondary

#3F3FA8

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE65

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

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