#DEC97B#DEC97B

#DEC97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.101 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97B
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -3.12, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 41.65, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0084 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.101 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5875, 58.7350, 27.1966)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97B #7B90DE

analogous

#DE987B #DEC97B #C1DE7B

triadic

#DEC97B #7BDEC9 #C97BDE

tetradic

#DEC97B #7BDE98 #7B90DE #DE7BC1

square

#DEC97B #7BDE98 #7B90DE #DE7BC1

split-complementary

#DEC97B #7BC1DE #987BDE

monochromatic

#B2962D #D2B54A #DEC97B #EADDAC #F6F1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DEC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97B

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97B	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.101 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a2',
    500: '#dec97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97b;
$custom-light: #ead9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83643,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97B

secondary

#4960B4

accent

#42C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97B

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

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