#DEC470#DEC470

#DEC470 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.108 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC470
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 49.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -1.57, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 45.28, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.005 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.108 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7905, 56.1816, 23.3895)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC470 #708ADE

analogous

#DE8D70 #DEC470 #C1DE70

triadic

#DEC470 #70DEC4 #C470DE

tetradic

#DEC470 #70DE8D #708ADE #DE70C1

square

#DEC470 #70DE8D #708ADE #DE70C1

split-complementary

#DEC470 #70C1DE #8D70DE

monochromatic

#AC8D28 #D3AF3E #DEC470 #E9D9A2 #F5EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC470

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC470	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.108 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59b',
    500: '#dec470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec470;
$custom-light: #ead59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82467,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC470

secondary

#445DAE

accent

#45CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC470

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

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