#DEC970#DEC970

#DEC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.112 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC970
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -4.16, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 47.00, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0125 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.112 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9372, 58.4749, 23.7717)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC970 #7085DE

analogous

#DE9270 #DEC970 #BCDE70

triadic

#DEC970 #70DEC9 #C970DE

tetradic

#DEC970 #70DE92 #7085DE #DE70BC

square

#DEC970 #70DE92 #7085DE #DE70BC

split-complementary

#DEC970 #70BCDE #9270DE

monochromatic

#AC9328 #D3B63E #DEC970 #E9DCA2 #F5EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DEC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC970

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC970	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.112 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99b',
    500: '#dec970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec970;
$custom-light: #ead99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83483,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC970

secondary

#4458AE

accent

#3DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC970

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

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