#DEDE8D#DEDE8D

#DEDE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.103 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE8D
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -11.89, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 41.50, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0323 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.103 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0539, 69.6964, 35.4307)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE8D #8D8DDE

analogous

#DEB58D #DEDE8D #B5DE8D

triadic

#DEDE8D #8DDEDE #DE8DDE

tetradic

#DEDE8D #8DDEB5 #8D8DDE #DE8DB5

square

#DEDE8D #8DDEB5 #8D8DDE #DE8DB5

split-complementary

#DEDE8D #8DB5DE #B58DDE

monochromatic

#BBBB36 #D0D05E #DEDE8D #ECECBC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#DEDE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE8D

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE8D	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.103 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8af',
    500: '#dede8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede8d;
$custom-light: #e9e8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88245,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE8D

secondary

#5A5AB6

accent

#23C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE8D

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

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