#DEC879#DEC879

#DEC879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.102 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC879
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -2.80, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 42.28, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0077 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.102 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2312, 58.2207, 26.4665)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC879 #798FDE

analogous

#DE9679 #DEC879 #C1DE79

triadic

#DEC879 #79DEC8 #C879DE

tetradic

#DEC879 #79DE96 #798FDE #DE79C1

square

#DEC879 #79DE96 #798FDE #DE79C1

split-complementary

#DEC879 #79C1DE #9679DE

monochromatic

#B1942C #D2B448 #DEC879 #EADCAA #F6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DEC879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC879

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC879	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.102 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a1',
    500: '#dec879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec879;
$custom-light: #ead8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC879

secondary

#4860B3

accent

#43C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC879

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

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