#DEC679#DEC679

#DEC679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.101 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC679
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -1.76, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 41.58, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0047 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.101 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7710, 57.3004, 26.3131)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC679 #7991DE

analogous

#DE9479 #DEC679 #C3DE79

triadic

#DEC679 #79DEC6 #C679DE

tetradic

#DEC679 #79DE94 #7991DE #DE79C3

square

#DEC679 #79DE94 #7991DE #DE79C3

split-complementary

#DEC679 #79C3DE #9479DE

monochromatic

#B1912C #D2B148 #DEC679 #EADBAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DEC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC679

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC679	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.101 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a1',
    500: '#dec679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec679;
$custom-light: #ead7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83004,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC679

secondary

#4862B3

accent

#46C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC679

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

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