#DED79B#DED79B

#DED79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.078 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED79B
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -6.69, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 31.27, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0166 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.078 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3415, 66.4983, 40.6608)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED79B #9BA2DE

analogous

#DEB69B #DED79B #C4DE9B

triadic

#DED79B #9BDED7 #D79BDE

tetradic

#DED79B #9BDEB6 #9BA2DE #DE9BC4

square

#DED79B #9BDEB6 #9BA2DE #DE9BC4

split-complementary

#DED79B #9BC4DE #B69BDE

monochromatic

#BFB23F #CFC56D #DED79B #EDE9C9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DED79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED79B

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED79B	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.078 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b9',
    500: '#ded79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded79b;
$custom-light: #e9e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8705,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED79B

secondary

#676FB6

accent

#37BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED79B

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

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