#DED79C#DED79C

#DED79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.077 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED79C
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -6.57, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 30.76, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0162 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.077 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4258, 66.5320, 41.1049)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED79C #9CA3DE

analogous

#DEB69C #DED79C #C4DE9C

triadic

#DED79C #9CDED7 #D79CDE

tetradic

#DED79C #9CDEB6 #9CA3DE #DE9CC4

square

#DED79C #9CDEB6 #9CA3DE #DE9CC4

split-complementary

#DED79C #9CC4DE #B69CDE

monochromatic

#BFB240 #CFC46E #DED79C #EDEACA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DED79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED79C

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED79C	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.077 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b9',
    500: '#ded79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded79c;
$custom-light: #e9e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87069,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED79C

secondary

#6870B6

accent

#38BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED79C

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

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