#DED79A#DED79A

#DED79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.079 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED79A
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -6.82, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 31.78, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.017 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.079 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2579, 66.4648, 40.2203)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED79A #9AA1DE

analogous

#DEB59A #DED79A #C3DE9A

triadic

#DED79A #9ADED7 #D79ADE

tetradic

#DED79A #9ADEB5 #9AA1DE #DE9AC3

square

#DED79A #9ADEB5 #9AA1DE #DE9AC3

split-complementary

#DED79A #9AC3DE #B59ADE

monochromatic

#BFB23E #CFC56C #DED79A #EDE9C8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DED79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED79A

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED79A	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.079 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b8',
    500: '#ded79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded79a;
$custom-light: #e9e3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87031,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED79A

secondary

#666EB6

accent

#37BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED79A

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

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