#DEC87F#DEC87F

#DEC87F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.096 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC87F
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 127)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 42.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -2.20, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 39.33, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0054 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.096 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6107, 58.3725, 28.4649)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC87F #7F95DE

analogous

#DE987F #DEC87F #C4DE7F

triadic

#DEC87F #7FDEC8 #C87FDE

tetradic

#DEC87F #7FDE98 #7F95DE #DE7FC4

square

#DEC87F #7FDE98 #7F95DE #DE7FC4

split-complementary

#DEC87F #7FC4DE #987FDE

monochromatic

#B4952E #D1B34E #DEC87F #EBDDB0 #F7F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC87F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC87F	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)

#D6C579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.096 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead8a5',
    500: '#dec87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec87f;
$custom-light: #ead8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.105,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83503,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC87F

secondary

#4C65B5

accent

#46C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC87F

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

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