#DED179#DED179

#DED179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED179
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -7.42, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 45.68, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.021 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(56.3773, 62.5128, 27.1819)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED179 #7986DE

analogous

#DE9E79 #DED179 #B9DE79

triadic

#DED179 #79DED1 #D179DE

tetradic

#DED179 #79DE9E #7986DE #DE79B9

square

#DED179 #79DE9E #7986DE #DE79B9

split-complementary

#DED179 #79B9DE #9E79DE

monochromatic

#B1A02C #D2C048 #DED179 #EAE2AA #F6F3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DED179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED179

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED179	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadea1',
    500: '#ded179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded179;
$custom-light: #eadea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85248,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.62511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED179

secondary

#4856B3

accent

#33C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED179

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

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