#DEDE66#DEDE66

#DEDE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.142 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE66
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -15.59, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 59.90, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0464 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(58.6453, 68.7330, 22.7453)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE66 #6666DE

analogous

#DEA266 #DEDE66 #A2DE66

triadic

#DEDE66 #66DEDE #DE66DE

tetradic

#DEDE66 #66DEA2 #6666DE #DE66A2

square

#DEDE66 #66DEA2 #6666DE #DE66A2

split-complementary

#DEDE66 #66A2DE #A266DE

monochromatic

#A6A624 #D3D334 #DEDE66 #E9E998 #F4F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DEDE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE66

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE66	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe895',
    500: '#dede66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede66;
$custom-light: #ebe895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87711,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.68731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE66

secondary

#4040A9

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE66

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

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