#DEC473#DEC473

#DEC473 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.105 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC473
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -1.30, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 43.83, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0039 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.105 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9604, 56.2495, 24.2839)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC473 #738DDE

analogous

#DE8E73 #DEC473 #C2DE73

triadic

#DEC473 #73DEC4 #C473DE

tetradic

#DEC473 #73DE8E #738DDE #DE73C2

square

#DEC473 #73DE8E #738DDE #DE73C2

split-complementary

#DEC473 #73C2DE #8E73DE

monochromatic

#AE8D29 #D2AF41 #DEC473 #EAD9A5 #F5EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEC473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC473

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC473	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.105 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59d',
    500: '#dec473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec473;
$custom-light: #ead59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8251,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC473

secondary

#465FB0

accent

#46CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC473

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

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