#DEC977#DEC977

#DEC977 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.105 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC977
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -3.51, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 43.61, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0099 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.105 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3422, 58.6369, 25.9047)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC977 #778CDE

analogous

#DE9677 #DEC977 #C0DE77

triadic

#DEC977 #77DEC9 #C977DE

tetradic

#DEC977 #77DE96 #778CDE #DE77C0

square

#DEC977 #77DE96 #778CDE #DE77C0

split-complementary

#DEC977 #77C0DE #9677DE

monochromatic

#B0952B #D2B546 #DEC977 #EADDA8 #F6F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DEC977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC977

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC977	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.105 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99f',
    500: '#dec977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec977;
$custom-light: #ead99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83582,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC977

secondary

#475DB2

accent

#40C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC977

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

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