#DEC871#DEC871

#DEC871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.110 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC871
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -3.55, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 46.16, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0107 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.11 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7608, 58.0326, 23.9891)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC871 #7187DE

analogous

#DE9171 #DEC871 #BDDE71

triadic

#DEC871 #71DEC8 #C871DE

tetradic

#DEC871 #71DE91 #7187DE #DE71BD

square

#DEC871 #71DE91 #7187DE #DE71BD

split-complementary

#DEC871 #71BDDE #9171DE

monochromatic

#AD9228 #D2B53F #DEC871 #EADBA3 #F5EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DEC871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC871

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC871	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.110 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead89b',
    500: '#dec871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec871;
$custom-light: #ead89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83293,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC871

secondary

#455AAF

accent

#3FCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC871

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

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