#DEDE95#DEDE95

#DEDE95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.093 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE95
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 149)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -10.97, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 37.53, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0291 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.093 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6708, 69.9432, 38.6796)
Luminance	0.6994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE95 #9595DE

analogous

#DEB995 #DEDE95 #B9DE95

triadic

#DEDE95 #95DEDE #DE95DE

tetradic

#DEDE95 #95DEB9 #9595DE #DE95B9

square

#DEDE95 #95DEB9 #9595DE #DE95B9

split-complementary

#DEDE95 #95B9DE #B995DE

monochromatic

#BEBE3B #CFCF66 #DEDE95 #EDEDC4 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DEDE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE95

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE95	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.093 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8b5',
    500: '#dede95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede95;
$custom-light: #e9e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8838,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE95

secondary

#6161B6

accent

#26C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE95

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

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