#DEC371#DEC371

#DEC371 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.106 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC371
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -0.96, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 44.47, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0032 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.106 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6217, 55.7544, 23.6094)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC371 #718CDE

analogous

#DE8C71 #DEC371 #C2DE71

triadic

#DEC371 #71DEC3 #C371DE

tetradic

#DEC371 #71DE8C #718CDE #DE71C2

square

#DEC371 #71DE8C #718CDE #DE71C2

split-complementary

#DEC371 #71C2DE #8C71DE

monochromatic

#AD8C28 #D2AE3F #DEC371 #EAD8A3 #F5EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DEC371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC371

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC371	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.106 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59b',
    500: '#dec371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec371;
$custom-light: #ead59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82279,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC371

secondary

#455FAF

accent

#47CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC371

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

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