#DED79F#DED79F

#DED79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.073 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED79F
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -6.18, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 29.23, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.015 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.073 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6830, 66.6349, 42.4593)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED79F #9FA6DE

analogous

#DEB89F #DED79F #C6DE9F

triadic

#DED79F #9FDED7 #D79FDE

tetradic

#DED79F #9FDEB8 #9FA6DE #DE9FC6

square

#DED79F #9FDEB8 #9FA6DE #DE9FC6

split-complementary

#DED79F #9FC6DE #B89FDE

monochromatic

#BFB144 #CEC471 #DED79F #EEEACD #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DED79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED79F

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED79F	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.073 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3bb',
    500: '#ded79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded79f;
$custom-light: #e9e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87128,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED79F

secondary

#6B73B6

accent

#3ABC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED79F

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

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