#DED78E#DED78E

#DED78E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.094 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED78E
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -8.25, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 37.83, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0218 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.094 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3079, 66.0849, 35.2174)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED78E #8E95DE

analogous

#DEAF8E #DED78E #BDDE8E

triadic

#DED78E #8EDED7 #D78EDE

tetradic

#DED78E #8EDEAF #8E95DE #DE8EBD

square

#DED78E #8EDEAF #8E95DE #DE8EBD

split-complementary

#DED78E #8EBDDE #AF8EDE

monochromatic

#BBAF37 #D0C65F #DED78E #ECE8BD #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DED78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED78E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED78E	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.094 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b0',
    500: '#ded78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded78e;
$custom-light: #e9e3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86815,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED78E

secondary

#5A62B6

accent

#31C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED78E

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

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