#DEC474#DEC474

#DEC474 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.104 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC474
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -1.21, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 43.34, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0036 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.104 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.0182, 56.2727, 24.5886)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC474 #748EDE

analogous

#DE8F74 #DEC474 #C3DE74

triadic

#DEC474 #74DEC4 #C474DE

tetradic

#DEC474 #74DE8F #748EDE #DE74C3

square

#DEC474 #74DE8F #748EDE #DE74C3

split-complementary

#DEC474 #74C3DE #8F74DE

monochromatic

#AE8E29 #D2AF43 #DEC474 #EAD9A5 #F5EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC474

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC474	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)

#D4C16D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.104 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59d',
    500: '#dec474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec474;
$custom-light: #ead59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82525,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.5627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC474

secondary

#4660B0

accent

#47C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC474

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

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