#DEDE90#DEDE90

#DEDE90 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.099 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE90
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 144)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -11.55, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 40.02, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0311 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.099 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2801, 69.7869, 36.6222)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE90 #9090DE

analogous

#DEB790 #DEDE90 #B7DE90

triadic

#DEDE90 #90DEDE #DE90DE

tetradic

#DEDE90 #90DEB7 #9090DE #DE90B7

square

#DEDE90 #90DEB7 #9090DE #DE90B7

split-complementary

#DEDE90 #90B7DE #B790DE

monochromatic

#BCBC38 #D0D061 #DEDE90 #ECECBF #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#DEDE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE90

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE90	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.099 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8b1',
    500: '#dede90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede90;
$custom-light: #e9e8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88294,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE90

secondary

#5C5CB6

accent

#24C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE90

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

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