#DED78C#DED78C

#DED78C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.096 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED78C
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 140)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -8.48, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 38.83, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0225 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.096 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1591, 66.0253, 34.4337)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED78C #8C93DE

analogous

#DEAE8C #DED78C #BCDE8C

triadic

#DED78C #8CDED7 #D78CDE

tetradic

#DED78C #8CDEAE #8C93DE #DE8CBC

square

#DED78C #8CDEAE #8C93DE #DE8CBC

split-complementary

#DED78C #8CBCDE #AE8CDE

monochromatic

#BAAF35 #D0C65C #DED78C #ECE8BC #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DED78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED78C

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED78C	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)

#E4D287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.096 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3ae',
    500: '#ded78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded78c;
$custom-light: #e9e3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86781,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED78C

secondary

#5961B6

accent

#30C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED78C

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

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