#DEC971#DEC971

#DEC971 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.111 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC971
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -4.07, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 46.52, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0122 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.111 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9932, 58.4973, 24.0666)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC971 #7186DE

analogous

#DE9271 #DEC971 #BDDE71

triadic

#DEC971 #71DEC9 #C971DE

tetradic

#DEC971 #71DE92 #7186DE #DE71BD

square

#DEC971 #71DE92 #7186DE #DE71BD

split-complementary

#DEC971 #71BDDE #9271DE

monochromatic

#AD9328 #D2B63F #DEC971 #EADCA3 #F5EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DEC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC971

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC971	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.111 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99b',
    500: '#dec971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec971;
$custom-light: #ead99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83496,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC971

secondary

#4559AF

accent

#3DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC971

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

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