#DEC77A#DEC77A

#DEC77A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.100 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC77A
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 122)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 45%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -2.18, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 41.44, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0058 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.1 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0620, 57.7837, 26.7142)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC77A #7A91DE

analogous

#DE957A #DEC77A #C3DE7A

triadic

#DEC77A #7ADEC7 #C77ADE

tetradic

#DEC77A #7ADE95 #7A91DE #DE7AC3

square

#DEC77A #7ADE95 #7A91DE #DE7AC3

split-complementary

#DEC77A #7AC3DE #957ADE

monochromatic

#B2932C #D2B249 #DEC77A #EADCAB #F6F0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DEC77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC77A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC77A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.100 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a1',
    500: '#dec77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec77a;
$custom-light: #ead7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83222,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC77A

secondary

#4961B3

accent

#45C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC77A

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

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