#DEDE97#DEDE97

#DEDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.091 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE97
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -10.73, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 36.52, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0283 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.091 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8318, 70.0076, 39.5277)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE97 #9797DE

analogous

#DEBA97 #DEDE97 #BADE97

triadic

#DEDE97 #97DEDE #DE97DE

tetradic

#DEDE97 #97DEBA #9797DE #DE97BA

square

#DEDE97 #97DEBA #9797DE #DE97BA

split-complementary

#DEDE97 #97BADE #BA97DE

monochromatic

#BEBE3C #CFCF69 #DEDE97 #EDEDC5 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DEDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE97

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE97	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.091 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8b6',
    500: '#dede97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede97;
$custom-light: #e9e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88416,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE97

secondary

#6363B6

accent

#26BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE97

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

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