#DEC97A#DEC97A

#DEC97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.102 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97A
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 122)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -3.22, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 42.15, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0088 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.102 95)
XYZ	xyz(54.5252, 58.7101, 26.8686)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97A #7A8FDE

analogous

#DE977A #DEC97A #C1DE7A

triadic

#DEC97A #7ADEC9 #C97ADE

tetradic

#DEC97A #7ADE97 #7A8FDE #DE7AC1

square

#DEC97A #7ADE97 #7A8FDE #DE7AC1

split-complementary

#DEC97A #7AC1DE #977ADE

monochromatic

#B2962C #D2B549 #DEC97A #EADDAB #F6F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DEC97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97A	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.102 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a2',
    500: '#dec97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97a;
$custom-light: #ead9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.58708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97A

secondary

#495FB3

accent

#41C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97A

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

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