#DED278#DED278

#DED278 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED278
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -8.02, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 46.57, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0229 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5624, 62.9806, 26.9426)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED278 #7884DE

analogous

#DE9F78 #DED278 #B7DE78

triadic

#DED278 #78DED2 #D278DE

tetradic

#DED278 #78DE9F #7884DE #DE78B7

square

#DED278 #78DE9F #7884DE #DE78B7

split-complementary

#DED278 #78B7DE #9F78DE

monochromatic

#B0A12B #D2C247 #DED278 #EAE2A9 #F6F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DED278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED278

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED278	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadfa0',
    500: '#ded278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded278;
$custom-light: #eadfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8544,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED278

secondary

#4854B2

accent

#31C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED278

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

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