#DEDB79#DEDB79

#DEDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.121 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB79
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -12.46, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 49.87, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0355 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.121 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9081, 67.5746, 28.0255)
Luminance	0.6757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB79 #797CDE

analogous

#DEA979 #DEDB79 #AEDE79

triadic

#DEDB79 #79DEDB #DB79DE

tetradic

#DEDB79 #79DEA9 #797CDE #DE79AE

square

#DEDB79 #79DEA9 #797CDE #DE79AE

split-complementary

#DEDB79 #79AEDE #A979DE

monochromatic

#B1AD2C #D2CE48 #DEDB79 #EAE8AA #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DEDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB79

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB79	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.121 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae6a1',
    500: '#dedb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb79;
$custom-light: #eae6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87319,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB79

secondary

#484CB3

accent

#22C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB79

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

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