#DEDE87#DEDE87

#DEDE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.109 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE87
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -12.55, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 44.45, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0346 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.109 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6195, 69.5226, 33.1428)
Luminance	0.6952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE87 #8787DE

analogous

#DEB387 #DEDE87 #B3DE87

triadic

#DEDE87 #87DEDE #DE87DE

tetradic

#DEDE87 #87DEB3 #8787DE #DE87B3

square

#DEDE87 #87DEB3 #8787DE #DE87B3

split-complementary

#DEDE87 #87B2DE #B287DE

monochromatic

#B8B833 #D1D157 #DEDE87 #EBEBB7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#DEDE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE87

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE87	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)

#EBD780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.109 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ab',
    500: '#dede87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede87;
$custom-light: #e9e8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88149,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE87

secondary

#5454B5

accent

#21C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE87

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

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