#DEC77D#DEC77D

#DEC77D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.097 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC77D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 125)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -1.88, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 39.96, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0047 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.097 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2508, 57.8592, 27.7083)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC77D #7D94DE

analogous

#DE967D #DEC77D #C4DE7D

triadic

#DEC77D #7DDEC7 #C77DDE

tetradic

#DEC77D #7DDE96 #7D94DE #DE7DC4

square

#DEC77D #7DDE96 #7D94DE #DE7DC4

split-complementary

#DEC77D #7DC4DE #967DDE

monochromatic

#B3932D #D2B24C #DEC77D #EADCAE #F7F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC77D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC77D	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.097 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a4',
    500: '#dec77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec77d;
$custom-light: #ead7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83269,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC77D

secondary

#4B64B5

accent

#46C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC77D

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

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