#DEDE77#DEDE77

#DEDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.126 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE77
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -14.15, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 52.13, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0405 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.126 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5765, 69.1054, 27.6495)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE77 #7777DE

analogous

#DEAB77 #DEDE77 #ABDE77

triadic

#DEDE77 #77DEDE #DE77DE

tetradic

#DEDE77 #77DEAB #7777DE #DE77AB

square

#DEDE77 #77DEAB #7777DE #DE77AB

split-complementary

#DEDE77 #77ABDE #AB77DE

monochromatic

#B0B02B #D2D246 #DEDE77 #EAEAA8 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DEDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE77

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE77	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.126 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8a0',
    500: '#dede77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede77;
$custom-light: #eae8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87918,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE77

secondary

#4747B2

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE77

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

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