#DEDD78#DEDD78

#DEDD78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.124 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD78
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -13.56, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 51.22, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0388 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.124 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3720, 68.6000, 27.8792)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD78 #7879DE

analogous

#DEAA78 #DEDD78 #ACDE78

triadic

#DEDD78 #78DEDD #DD78DE

tetradic

#DEDD78 #78DEAA #7879DE #DE78AC

square

#DEDD78 #78DEAA #7879DE #DE78AC

split-complementary

#DEDD78 #78ACDE #AA78DE

monochromatic

#B0AF2B #D2D147 #DEDD78 #EAE9A9 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DEDD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD78

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD78	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.124 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7a1',
    500: '#dedd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd78;
$custom-light: #eae7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87722,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD78

secondary

#4849B2

accent

#1FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD78

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

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