#DEC472#DEC472

#DEC472 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.106 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC472
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -1.39, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 44.31, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0043 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.106 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9031, 56.2266, 23.9825)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC472 #728CDE

analogous

#DE8E72 #DEC472 #C2DE72

triadic

#DEC472 #72DEC4 #C472DE

tetradic

#DEC472 #72DE8E #728CDE #DE72C2

square

#DEC472 #72DE8E #728CDE #DE72C2

split-complementary

#DEC472 #72C2DE #8E72DE

monochromatic

#AD8D29 #D2AF40 #DEC472 #EAD9A4 #F5EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC472

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC472	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)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.106 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59c',
    500: '#dec472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec472;
$custom-light: #ead59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82496,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC472

secondary

#455FAF

accent

#46CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC472

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

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