#DED78B#DED78B

#DED78B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED78B
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -8.59, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 39.33, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.023 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0857, 65.9960, 34.0471)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED78B #8B92DE

analogous

#DEAD8B #DED78B #BBDE8B

triadic

#DED78B #8BDED7 #D78BDE

tetradic

#DED78B #8BDEAD #8B92DE #DE8BBB

square

#DED78B #8BDEAD #8B92DE #DE8BBB

split-complementary

#DED78B #8BBBDE #AD8BDE

monochromatic

#BAAF35 #D0C75B #DED78B #ECE7BB #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DED78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED78B

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED78B	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3ae',
    500: '#ded78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded78b;
$custom-light: #e9e3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86764,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED78B

secondary

#5860B6

accent

#30C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED78B

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

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