#DEC87A#DEC87A

#DEC87A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.101 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC87A
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 122)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 45%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -2.70, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 41.79, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0073 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.101 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2929, 58.2454, 26.7912)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC87A #7A90DE

analogous

#DE967A #DEC87A #C2DE7A

triadic

#DEC87A #7ADEC8 #C87ADE

tetradic

#DEC87A #7ADE96 #7A90DE #DE7AC2

square

#DEC87A #7ADE96 #7A90DE #DE7AC2

split-complementary

#DEC87A #7AC2DE #967ADE

monochromatic

#B2942C #D2B449 #DEC87A #EADCAB #F6F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DEC87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC87A

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC87A	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.101 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a1',
    500: '#dec87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec87a;
$custom-light: #ead8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83424,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC87A

secondary

#4960B3

accent

#43C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC87A

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

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