#DEC975#DEC975

#DEC975 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.107 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC975
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 47.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -3.70, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 44.59, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0107 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.107 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2233, 58.5893, 25.2788)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC975 #758ADE

analogous

#DE9575 #DEC975 #BFDE75

triadic

#DEC975 #75DEC9 #C975DE

tetradic

#DEC975 #75DE95 #758ADE #DE75BF

square

#DEC975 #75DE95 #758ADE #DE75BF

split-complementary

#DEC975 #75BFDE #9575DE

monochromatic

#AF942A #D2B644 #DEC975 #EADCA6 #F6F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DEC975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC975

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC975	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.107 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99e',
    500: '#dec975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec975;
$custom-light: #ead99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83553,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC975

secondary

#465CB1

accent

#3FC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC975

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

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