#DEDE88#DEDE88

#DEDE88 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.108 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE88
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 136)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -12.44, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 43.96, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0342 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.108 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6902, 69.5509, 33.5154)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE88 #8888DE

analogous

#DEB388 #DEDE88 #B3DE88

triadic

#DEDE88 #88DEDE #DE88DE

tetradic

#DEDE88 #88DEB3 #8888DE #DE88B3

square

#DEDE88 #88DEB3 #8888DE #DE88B3

split-complementary

#DEDE88 #88B3DE #B388DE

monochromatic

#B8B833 #D1D158 #DEDE88 #EBEBB8 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#DEDE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE88

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE88	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.108 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ac',
    500: '#dede88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede88;
$custom-light: #e9e8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88164,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE88

secondary

#5555B5

accent

#21C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE88

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

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