#DEDE85#DEDE85

#DEDE85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.112 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE85
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -12.76, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 45.42, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0354 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.112 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4800, 69.4668, 32.4082)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE85 #8585DE

analogous

#DEB285 #DEDE85 #B2DE85

triadic

#DEDE85 #85DEDE #DE85DE

tetradic

#DEDE85 #85DEB2 #8585DE #DE85B2

square

#DEDE85 #85DEB2 #8585DE #DE85B2

split-complementary

#DEDE85 #85B2DE #B285DE

monochromatic

#B7B732 #D1D155 #DEDE85 #EBEBB5 #F8F8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DEDE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE85

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE85	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.112 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8aa',
    500: '#dede85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede85;
$custom-light: #eae8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88118,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE85

secondary

#5252B5

accent

#21C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE85

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

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