#DEC476#DEC476

#DEC476 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.102 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC476
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 118)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 46.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -1.02, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 42.37, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0028 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.102 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1358, 56.3197, 25.2079)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC476 #7690DE

analogous

#DE9076 #DEC476 #C4DE76

triadic

#DEC476 #76DEC4 #C476DE

tetradic

#DEC476 #76DE90 #7690DE #DE76C4

square

#DEC476 #76DE90 #7690DE #DE76C4

split-complementary

#DEC476 #76C4DE #9076DE

monochromatic

#AF8E2A #D2AF45 #DEC476 #EAD9A7 #F6EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC476

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC476	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)

#D4C170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.102 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59f',
    500: '#dec476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec476;
$custom-light: #ead59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC476

secondary

#4762B1

accent

#48C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC476

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

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