#DEDE6A#DEDE6A

#DEDE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.139 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE6A
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -15.27, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 58.11, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0451 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.139 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8485, 68.8142, 23.8154)
Luminance	0.6881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE6A #6A6ADE

analogous

#DEA46A #DEDE6A #A4DE6A

triadic

#DEDE6A #6ADEDE #DE6ADE

tetradic

#DEDE6A #6ADEA4 #6A6ADE #DE6AA4

square

#DEDE6A #6ADEA4 #6A6ADE #DE6AA4

split-complementary

#DEDE6A #6AA4DE #A46ADE

monochromatic

#A8A825 #D3D338 #DEDE6A #E9E99C #F4F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DEDE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE6A

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE6A	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.139 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe898',
    500: '#dede6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede6a;
$custom-light: #ebe898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87756,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE6A

secondary

#4141AB

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE6A

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

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