#DEC471#DEC471

#DEC471 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.107 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC471
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 113)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -1.48, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 44.79, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0047 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.107 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8465, 56.2040, 23.6844)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC471 #718BDE

analogous

#DE8D71 #DEC471 #C1DE71

triadic

#DEC471 #71DEC4 #C471DE

tetradic

#DEC471 #71DE8D #718BDE #DE71C1

square

#DEC471 #71DE8D #718BDE #DE71C1

split-complementary

#DEC471 #71C1DE #8D71DE

monochromatic

#AD8D28 #D2AF3F #DEC471 #EAD9A3 #F5EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC471

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC471	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)

#D4C16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.107 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59b',
    500: '#dec471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec471;
$custom-light: #ead59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82481,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC471

secondary

#455EAF

accent

#45CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC471

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

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