#DEDE9D#DEDE9D

#DEDE9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.084 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDE9D
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -9.99, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 33.51, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0259 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.084 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.3315, 70.2075, 42.1596)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDE9D #9D9DDE

analogous

#DEBE9D #DEDE9D #BEDE9D

triadic

#DEDE9D #9DDEDE #DE9DDE

tetradic

#DEDE9D #9DDEBE #9D9DDE #DE9DBE

square

#DEDE9D #9DDEBE #9D9DDE #DE9DBE

split-complementary

#DEDE9D #9DBEDE #BE9DDE

monochromatic

#BFBF41 #CFCF6F #DEDE9D #EDEDCB #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DEDE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDE9D

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDE9D	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dede9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.084 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8ba',
    500: '#dede9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dede9d;
$custom-light: #e9e8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dede9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88526,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.70206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDE9D

secondary

#6969B6

accent

#29BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDE9D

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

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