#DEC97C#DEC97C

#DEC97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.100 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97C
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 124)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -3.02, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 41.16, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0081 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.1 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6504, 58.7601, 27.5280)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97C #7C91DE

analogous

#DE987C #DEC97C #C2DE7C

triadic

#DEC97C #7CDEC9 #C97CDE

tetradic

#DEC97C #7CDE98 #7C91DE #DE7CC2

square

#DEC97C #7CDE98 #7C91DE #DE7CC2

split-complementary

#DEC97C #7CC2DE #987CDE

monochromatic

#B3962D #D2B54B #DEC97C #EADDAD #F7F1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DEC97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97C	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)

#D8C676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.100 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a3',
    500: '#dec97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97c;
$custom-light: #ead9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83658,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97C

secondary

#4A61B4

accent

#42C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97C

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

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