#DEDA79#DEDA79

#DEDA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.120 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA79
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -11.96, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 49.43, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0341 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.12 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6480, 67.0544, 27.9388)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA79 #797DDE

analogous

#DEA879 #DEDA79 #AFDE79

triadic

#DEDA79 #79DEDA #DA79DE

tetradic

#DEDA79 #79DEA8 #797DDE #DE79AF

square

#DEDA79 #79DEA8 #797DDE #DE79AF

split-complementary

#DEDA79 #79AFDE #A879DE

monochromatic

#B1AC2C #D2CC48 #DEDA79 #EAE8AA #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DEDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA79

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA79	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.120 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae5a1',
    500: '#deda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda79;
$custom-light: #eae5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87111,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA79

secondary

#484DB3

accent

#24C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA79

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

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