#DEDE8A#DEDE8A

#DEDE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.106 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE8A
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -12.23, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 42.98, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0334 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.106 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8337, 69.6083, 34.2710)
Luminance	0.6961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE8A #8A8ADE

analogous

#DEB48A #DEDE8A #B4DE8A

triadic

#DEDE8A #8ADEDE #DE8ADE

tetradic

#DEDE8A #8ADEB4 #8A8ADE #DE8AB4

square

#DEDE8A #8ADEB4 #8A8ADE #DE8AB4

split-complementary

#DEDE8A #8AB4DE #B48ADE

monochromatic

#B9B934 #D1D15A #DEDE8A #EBEBBA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DEDE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE8A

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE8A	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)

#EBD884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.106 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ad',
    500: '#dede8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede8a;
$custom-light: #e9e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88196,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE8A

secondary

#5757B5

accent

#22C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE8A

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

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