#DEDE72#DEDE72

#DEDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.131 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE72
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -14.60, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 54.46, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0423 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.131 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2841, 68.9885, 26.1095)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE72 #7272DE

analogous

#DEA872 #DEDE72 #A8DE72

triadic

#DEDE72 #72DEDE #DE72DE

tetradic

#DEDE72 #72DEA8 #7272DE #DE72A8

square

#DEDE72 #72DEA8 #7272DE #DE72A8

split-complementary

#DEDE72 #72A8DE #A872DE

monochromatic

#ADAD29 #D2D240 #DEDE72 #EAEAA4 #F5F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE72

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE72	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.131 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae89d',
    500: '#dede72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede72;
$custom-light: #eae89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87853,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE72

secondary

#4545AF

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE72

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

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