#DEC976#DEC976

#DEC976 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.106 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC976
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 118)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -3.60, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 44.10, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0103 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.106 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2825, 58.6130, 25.5901)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC976 #768BDE

analogous

#DE9576 #DEC976 #BFDE76

triadic

#DEC976 #76DEC9 #C976DE

tetradic

#DEC976 #76DE95 #768BDE #DE76BF

square

#DEC976 #76DE95 #768BDE #DE76BF

split-complementary

#DEC976 #76BFDE #9576DE

monochromatic

#AF942A #D2B645 #DEC976 #EADCA7 #F6F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DEC976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC976

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC976	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)

#D8C56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.106 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99f',
    500: '#dec976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec976;
$custom-light: #ead99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83568,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC976

secondary

#475CB1

accent

#3FC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC976

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

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