#DED978#DED978

#DED978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.120 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED978
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -11.56, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 49.48, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.033 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.12 106)
XYZ	xyz(58.3285, 66.5129, 27.5313)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED978 #787DDE

analogous

#DEA678 #DED978 #B0DE78

triadic

#DED978 #78DED9 #D978DE

tetradic

#DED978 #78DEA6 #787DDE #DE78B0

square

#DED978 #78DEA6 #787DDE #DE78B0

split-complementary

#DED978 #78B0DE #A678DE

monochromatic

#B0AA2B #D2CB47 #DED978 #EAE7A9 #F6F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DED978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED978

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED978	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)

#E8D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.120 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a1',
    500: '#ded978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded978;
$custom-light: #eae4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86889,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.66511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED978

secondary

#484DB2

accent

#25C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED978

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

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