#DED579#DED579

#DED579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED579
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -9.45, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 47.31, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0269 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3710, 64.5002, 27.5131)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED579 #7982DE

analogous

#DEA279 #DED579 #B5DE79

triadic

#DED579 #79DED5 #D579DE

tetradic

#DED579 #79DEA2 #7982DE #DE79B5

square

#DED579 #79DEA2 #7982DE #DE79B5

split-complementary

#DED579 #79B5DE #A279DE

monochromatic

#B1A52C #D2C648 #DED579 #EAE4AA #F6F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#DED579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED579

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED579	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae1a1',
    500: '#ded579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded579;
$custom-light: #eae1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86073,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED579

secondary

#4852B3

accent

#2DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED579

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

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