#DEDE7B#DEDE7B

#DEDE7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.122 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE7B
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 123)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -13.77, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 50.24, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0391 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.122 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8218, 69.2035, 28.9414)
Luminance	0.6920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE7B #7B7BDE

analogous

#DEAC7B #DEDE7B #ACDE7B

triadic

#DEDE7B #7BDEDE #DE7BDE

tetradic

#DEDE7B #7BDEAC #7B7BDE #DE7BAC

square

#DEDE7B #7BDEAC #7B7BDE #DE7BAC

split-complementary

#DEDE7B #7BACDE #AC7BDE

monochromatic

#B2B22D #D2D24A #DEDE7B #EAEAAC #F6F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#DEDE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE7B

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE7B	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.122 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8a3',
    500: '#dede7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede7b;
$custom-light: #eae8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87972,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE7B

secondary

#4949B4

accent

#1EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE7B

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

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