#DEDE6C#DEDE6C

#DEDE6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.137 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE6C
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 108)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -15.11, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 57.21, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0444 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9537, 68.8563, 24.3695)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE6C #6C6CDE

analogous

#DEA56C #DEDE6C #A5DE6C

triadic

#DEDE6C #6CDEDE #DE6CDE

tetradic

#DEDE6C #6CDEA5 #6C6CDE #DE6CA5

square

#DEDE6C #6CDEA5 #6C6CDE #DE6CA5

split-complementary

#DEDE6C #6CA5DE #A56CDE

monochromatic

#AAAA26 #D3D33A #DEDE6C #E9E99E #F4F4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DEDE6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE6C

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE6C	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae899',
    500: '#dede6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede6c;
$custom-light: #eae899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8778,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE6C

secondary

#4242AC

accent

#1ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE6C

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

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