#DEC979#DEC979

#DEC979 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.103 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC979
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -3.32, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 42.64, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0092 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.103 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4636, 58.6854, 26.5440)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC979 #798EDE

analogous

#DE9779 #DEC979 #C0DE79

triadic

#DEC979 #79DEC9 #C979DE

tetradic

#DEC979 #79DE97 #798EDE #DE79C0

square

#DEC979 #79DE97 #798EDE #DE79C0

split-complementary

#DEC979 #79C0DE #9779DE

monochromatic

#B1952C #D2B548 #DEC979 #EADDAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DEC979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC979

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC979	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.103 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a1',
    500: '#dec979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec979;
$custom-light: #ead9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83612,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC979

secondary

#485FB3

accent

#41C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC979

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

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