#DEC978#DEC978

#DEC978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.104 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC978
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -3.41, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 43.12, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0096 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.104 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4026, 58.6610, 26.2227)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC978 #788DDE

analogous

#DE9678 #DEC978 #C0DE78

triadic

#DEC978 #78DEC9 #C978DE

tetradic

#DEC978 #78DE96 #788DDE #DE78C0

square

#DEC978 #78DE96 #788DDE #DE78C0

split-complementary

#DEC978 #78C0DE #9678DE

monochromatic

#B0952B #D2B547 #DEC978 #EADDA9 #F6F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DEC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC978

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC978	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.104 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a0',
    500: '#dec978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec978;
$custom-light: #ead9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83597,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC978

secondary

#485EB2

accent

#40C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC978

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

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