#DEC77E#DEC77E

#DEC77E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.096 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC77E
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -1.78, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 39.47, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0043 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.096 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3150, 57.8849, 28.0465)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC77E #7E95DE

analogous

#DE977E #DEC77E #C5DE7E

triadic

#DEC77E #7EDEC7 #C77EDE

tetradic

#DEC77E #7EDE97 #7E95DE #DE7EC5

square

#DEC77E #7EDE97 #7E95DE #DE7EC5

split-complementary

#DEC77E #7EC5DE #977EDE

monochromatic

#B4942E #D2B24D #DEC77E #EADCAF #F7F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC77E

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC77E	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.096 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a4',
    500: '#dec77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec77e;
$custom-light: #ead7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83285,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC77E

secondary

#4B65B5

accent

#47C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC77E

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

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