#DEDE79#DEDE79

#DEDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.124 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE79
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -13.96, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 51.18, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0398 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.124 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6978, 69.1540, 28.2887)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE79 #7979DE

analogous

#DEAC79 #DEDE79 #ACDE79

triadic

#DEDE79 #79DEDE #DE79DE

tetradic

#DEDE79 #79DEAC #7979DE #DE79AC

square

#DEDE79 #79DEAC #7979DE #DE79AC

split-complementary

#DEDE79 #79ACDE #AC79DE

monochromatic

#B1B12C #D2D248 #DEDE79 #EAEAAA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DEDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE79

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE79	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.124 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8a2',
    500: '#dede79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede79;
$custom-light: #eae8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87945,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE79

secondary

#4848B3

accent

#1DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE79

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

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