#DEC973#DEC973

#DEC973 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.109 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC973
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -3.89, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 45.56, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0114 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.109 96)
XYZ	xyz(54.1070, 58.5428, 24.6661)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC973 #7388DE

analogous

#DE9373 #DEC973 #BDDE73

triadic

#DEC973 #73DEC9 #C973DE

tetradic

#DEC973 #73DE93 #7388DE #DE73BD

square

#DEC973 #73DE93 #7388DE #DE73BD

split-complementary

#DEC973 #73BDDE #9373DE

monochromatic

#AE9429 #D2B641 #DEC973 #EADCA5 #F5EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DEC973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC973

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC973	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.109 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99d',
    500: '#dec973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec973;
$custom-light: #ead99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83524,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.58541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC973

secondary

#465AB0

accent

#3ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC973

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

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