#DEC77F#DEC77F

#DEC77F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.095 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC77F
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 127)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 42.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -1.68, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 38.97, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0039 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.095 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3798, 57.9108, 28.3880)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC77F #7F96DE

analogous

#DE977F #DEC77F #C5DE7F

triadic

#DEC77F #7FDEC7 #C77FDE

tetradic

#DEC77F #7FDE97 #7F96DE #DE7FC5

square

#DEC77F #7FDE97 #7F96DE #DE7FC5

split-complementary

#DEC77F #7FC5DE #977FDE

monochromatic

#B4942E #D1B24E #DEC77F #EBDCB0 #F7F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC77F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC77F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC77F

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC77F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC77F	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)

#D6C47A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec77f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.095 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead7a5',
    500: '#dec77f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec77f;
$custom-light: #ead7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec77f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83301,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC77F

secondary

#4C66B5

accent

#47C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC77F

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

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