#DEDD79#DEDD79

#DEDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.123 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD79
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -13.46, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 50.74, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0384 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.123 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4330, 68.6244, 28.2005)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD79 #797ADE

analogous

#DEAB79 #DEDD79 #ADDE79

triadic

#DEDD79 #79DEDD #DD79DE

tetradic

#DEDD79 #79DEAB #797ADE #DE79AD

square

#DEDD79 #79DEAB #797ADE #DE79AD

split-complementary

#DEDD79 #79ADDE #AB79DE

monochromatic

#B1B02C #D2D148 #DEDD79 #EAE9AA #F6F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DEDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD79

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD79	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)

#EBD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.123 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7a2',
    500: '#dedd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd79;
$custom-light: #eae7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87736,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD79

secondary

#4849B3

accent

#1FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD79

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

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