#DEC873#DEC873

#DEC873 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.108 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC873
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -3.37, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 45.20, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0099 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.108 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8747, 58.0781, 24.5887)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC873 #7389DE

analogous

#DE9273 #DEC873 #BEDE73

triadic

#DEC873 #73DEC8 #C873DE

tetradic

#DEC873 #73DE92 #7389DE #DE73BE

square

#DEC873 #73DE92 #7389DE #DE73BE

split-complementary

#DEC873 #73BEDE #9273DE

monochromatic

#AE9229 #D2B541 #DEC873 #EADBA5 #F5EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DEC873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC873

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC873	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.108 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead89d',
    500: '#dec873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec873;
$custom-light: #ead89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83321,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC873

secondary

#465BB0

accent

#40CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC873

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

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