#DEC87C#DEC87C

#DEC87C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.099 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC87C
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 124)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -2.50, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 40.80, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0066 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.099 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4180, 58.2954, 27.4505)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC87C #7C92DE

analogous

#DE977C #DEC87C #C3DE7C

triadic

#DEC87C #7CDEC8 #C87CDE

tetradic

#DEC87C #7CDE97 #7C92DE #DE7CC3

square

#DEC87C #7CDE97 #7C92DE #DE7CC3

split-complementary

#DEC87C #7CC3DE #977CDE

monochromatic

#B3952D #D2B34B #DEC87C #EADDAD #F7F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DEC87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC87C

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC87C	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.099 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a3',
    500: '#dec87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec87c;
$custom-light: #ead8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83455,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC87C

secondary

#4A62B4

accent

#44C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC87C

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

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