#DEDE73#DEDE73

#DEDE73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.130 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE73
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -14.51, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 54.00, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.042 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.13 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3413, 69.0114, 26.4109)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE73 #7373DE

analogous

#DEA873 #DEDE73 #A8DE73

triadic

#DEDE73 #73DEDE #DE73DE

tetradic

#DEDE73 #73DEA8 #7373DE #DE73A8

square

#DEDE73 #73DEA8 #7373DE #DE73A8

split-complementary

#DEDE73 #73A8DE #A873DE

monochromatic

#AEAE29 #D2D241 #DEDE73 #EAEAA5 #F5F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE73

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE73	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)

#EDD669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.130 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae89e',
    500: '#dede73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede73;
$custom-light: #eae89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87866,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE73

secondary

#4646B0

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE73

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

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