#DEC572#DEC572

#DEC572 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.107 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC572
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -1.91, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 44.65, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0058 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.107 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1294, 56.6792, 24.0579)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC572 #728BDE

analogous

#DE8F72 #DEC572 #C1DE72

triadic

#DEC572 #72DEC5 #C572DE

tetradic

#DEC572 #72DE8F #728BDE #DE72C1

square

#DEC572 #72DE8F #728BDE #DE72C1

split-complementary

#DEC572 #72C1DE #8F72DE

monochromatic

#AD8E29 #D2B140 #DEC572 #EAD9A4 #F5EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#DEC572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC572

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC572	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.107 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead69c',
    500: '#dec572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec572;
$custom-light: #ead69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82698,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC572

secondary

#455EAF

accent

#44CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC572

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

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