#DEC571#DEC571

#DEC571 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.108 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC571
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 113)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -2.00, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 45.13, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0062 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.108 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0728, 56.6566, 23.7598)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC571 #718ADE

analogous

#DE8E71 #DEC571 #C0DE71

triadic

#DEC571 #71DEC5 #C571DE

tetradic

#DEC571 #71DE8E #718ADE #DE71C0

square

#DEC571 #71DE8E #718ADE #DE71C0

split-complementary

#DEC571 #71C0DE #8E71DE

monochromatic

#AD8E28 #D2B13F #DEC571 #EAD9A3 #F5EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DEC571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC571

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC571	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.108 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead69b',
    500: '#dec571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec571;
$custom-light: #ead69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82684,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC571

secondary

#455DAF

accent

#44CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC571

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

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