#DEC577#DEC577

#DEC577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.102 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC577
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -1.44, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 42.22, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0039 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.102 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4219, 56.7962, 25.5980)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC577 #7790DE

analogous

#DE9277 #DEC577 #C4DE77

triadic

#DEC577 #77DEC5 #C577DE

tetradic

#DEC577 #77DE92 #7790DE #DE77C4

square

#DEC577 #77DE92 #7790DE #DE77C4

split-complementary

#DEC577 #77C4DE #9277DE

monochromatic

#B0902B #D2B046 #DEC577 #EADAA8 #F6EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DEC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC577

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC577	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.102 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead69f',
    500: '#dec577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec577;
$custom-light: #ead69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82771,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC577

secondary

#4761B2

accent

#47C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC577

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

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