#DEC87E#DEC87E

#DEC87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.097 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC87E
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -2.30, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 39.82, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0058 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.097 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5458, 58.3465, 28.1234)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC87E #7E94DE

analogous

#DE987E #DEC87E #C4DE7E

triadic

#DEC87E #7EDEC8 #C87EDE

tetradic

#DEC87E #7EDE98 #7E94DE #DE7EC4

square

#DEC87E #7EDE98 #7E94DE #DE7EC4

split-complementary

#DEC87E #7EC4DE #987EDE

monochromatic

#B4952E #D2B34D #DEC87E #EADDAF #F7F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC87E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC87E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.097 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a4',
    500: '#dec87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec87e;
$custom-light: #ead8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC87E

secondary

#4B64B5

accent

#45C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC87E

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

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