#DEC77B#DEC77B

#DEC77B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.099 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC77B
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 123)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -2.09, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 40.94, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0054 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.099 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1243, 57.8086, 27.0422)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC77B #7B92DE

analogous

#DE967B #DEC77B #C3DE7B

triadic

#DEC77B #7BDEC7 #C77BDE

tetradic

#DEC77B #7BDE96 #7B92DE #DE7BC3

square

#DEC77B #7BDE96 #7B92DE #DE7BC3

split-complementary

#DEC77B #7BC3DE #967BDE

monochromatic

#B2932D #D2B24A #DEC77B #EADCAC #F6F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DEC77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC77B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC77B	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)

#D6C475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.099 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a2',
    500: '#dec77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec77b;
$custom-light: #ead7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83237,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC77B

secondary

#4962B4

accent

#45C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC77B

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

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