#DEC779#DEC779

#DEC779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.101 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC779
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -2.28, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 41.93, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0062 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.101 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0004, 57.7590, 26.3896)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC779 #7990DE

analogous

#DE9579 #DEC779 #C2DE79

triadic

#DEC779 #79DEC7 #C779DE

tetradic

#DEC779 #79DE95 #7990DE #DE79C2

square

#DEC779 #79DE95 #7990DE #DE79C2

split-complementary

#DEC779 #79C2DE #9579DE

monochromatic

#B1932C #D2B248 #DEC779 #EADCAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DEC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC779

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC779	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.101 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a1',
    500: '#dec779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec779;
$custom-light: #ead7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83206,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC779

secondary

#4861B3

accent

#44C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC779

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

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