#DED79E#DED79E

#DED79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.075 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED79E
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -6.31, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 29.74, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0154 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.075 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5966, 66.6003, 42.0041)
Luminance	0.6660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED79E #9EA5DE

analogous

#DEB79E #DED79E #C5DE9E

triadic

#DED79E #9EDED7 #D79EDE

tetradic

#DED79E #9EDEB7 #9EA5DE #DE9EC5

square

#DED79E #9EDEB7 #9EA5DE #DE9EC5

split-complementary

#DED79E #9EC5DE #B79EDE

monochromatic

#BFB143 #CEC470 #DED79E #EEEACC #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DED79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED79E

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED79E	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.075 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3bb',
    500: '#ded79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded79e;
$custom-light: #e9e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87108,
    "c": 0.07455,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED79E

secondary

#6A72B6

accent

#39BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED79E

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

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