#DEDE86#DEDE86

#DEDE86 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.110 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE86
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 134)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -12.66, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 44.94, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.035 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.11 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.5494, 69.4946, 32.7738)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE86 #8686DE

analogous

#DEB286 #DEDE86 #B2DE86

triadic

#DEDE86 #86DEDE #DE86DE

tetradic

#DEDE86 #86DEB2 #8686DE #DE86B2

square

#DEDE86 #86DEB2 #8686DE #DE86B2

split-complementary

#DEDE86 #86B2DE #B286DE

monochromatic

#B8B832 #D1D156 #DEDE86 #EBEBB6 #F8F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#DEDE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE86

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE86	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.110 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8aa',
    500: '#dede86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede86;
$custom-light: #e9e8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88133,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE86

secondary

#5353B5

accent

#21C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE86

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

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