#DEC579#DEC579

#DEC579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.100 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC579
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -1.25, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 41.24, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0032 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.1 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5432, 56.8448, 26.2372)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC579 #7992DE

analogous

#DE9379 #DEC579 #C4DE79

triadic

#DEC579 #79DEC5 #C579DE

tetradic

#DEC579 #79DE93 #7992DE #DE79C4

square

#DEC579 #79DE93 #7992DE #DE79C4

split-complementary

#DEC579 #79C4DE #9379DE

monochromatic

#B1902C #D2B048 #DEC579 #EADAAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DEC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC579

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC579	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.100 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a1',
    500: '#dec579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec579;
$custom-light: #ead6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82802,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC579

secondary

#4863B3

accent

#48C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC579

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

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