#DEC475#DEC475

#DEC475 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.103 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC475
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 117)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 47.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -1.11, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 42.86, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0032 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.103 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0767, 56.2960, 24.8966)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC475 #758FDE

analogous

#DE9075 #DEC475 #C4DE75

triadic

#DEC475 #75DEC4 #C475DE

tetradic

#DEC475 #75DE90 #758FDE #DE75C4

square

#DEC475 #75DE90 #758FDE #DE75C4

split-complementary

#DEC475 #75C4DE #9075DE

monochromatic

#AF8E2A #D2AF44 #DEC475 #EAD9A6 #F6EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC475

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC475	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.103 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59e',
    500: '#dec475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec475;
$custom-light: #ead59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82539,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC475

secondary

#4661B1

accent

#47C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC475

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

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