#DEDE89#DEDE89

#DEDE89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.107 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE89
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -12.34, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 43.47, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0338 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.107 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7616, 69.5795, 33.8914)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE89 #8989DE

analogous

#DEB389 #DEDE89 #B3DE89

triadic

#DEDE89 #89DEDE #DE89DE

tetradic

#DEDE89 #89DEB3 #8989DE #DE89B3

square

#DEDE89 #89DEB3 #8989DE #DE89B3

split-complementary

#DEDE89 #89B3DE #B389DE

monochromatic

#B9B934 #D1D159 #DEDE89 #EBEBB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DEDE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE89

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE89	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.107 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ac',
    500: '#dede89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede89;
$custom-light: #e9e8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8818,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE89

secondary

#5656B5

accent

#22C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE89

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

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