#DEC87D#DEC87D

#DEC87D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.098 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC87D
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 125)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -2.40, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 40.31, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0062 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.098 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4816, 58.3209, 27.7853)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC87D #7D93DE

analogous

#DE977D #DEC87D #C3DE7D

triadic

#DEC87D #7DDEC8 #C87DDE

tetradic

#DEC87D #7DDE97 #7D93DE #DE7DC3

square

#DEC87D #7DDE97 #7D93DE #DE7DC3

split-complementary

#DEC87D #7DC3DE #977DDE

monochromatic

#B3952D #D2B34C #DEC87D #EADDAE #F7F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DEC87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC87D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC87D	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)

#D7C577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.098 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a4',
    500: '#dec87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec87d;
$custom-light: #ead8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83471,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC87D

secondary

#4B63B5

accent

#45C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC87D

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

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