#DED78F#DED78F

#DED78F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.092 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED78F
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 143)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 35.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -8.14, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 37.33, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0214 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.092 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.3833, 66.1150, 35.6146)
Luminance	0.6611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED78F #8F96DE

analogous

#DEB08F #DED78F #BEDE8F

triadic

#DED78F #8FDED7 #D78FDE

tetradic

#DED78F #8FDEB0 #8F96DE #DE8FBE

square

#DED78F #8FDEB0 #8F96DE #DE8FBE

split-complementary

#DED78F #8FBEDE #B08FDE

monochromatic

#BBB037 #D0C660 #DED78F #ECE8BE #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED78F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DED78F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED78F

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED78F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED78F	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)

#E3D28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded78f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.092 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b0',
    500: '#ded78f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded78f;
$custom-light: #e9e3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded78f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86832,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED78F

secondary

#5B63B6

accent

#32C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED78F

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

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