#DEC97D#DEC97D

#DEC97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.099 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -2.92, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 40.67, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0077 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.099 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7140, 58.7856, 27.8627)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97D #7D92DE

analogous

#DE987D #DEC97D #C3DE7D

triadic

#DEC97D #7DDEC9 #C97DDE

tetradic

#DEC97D #7DDE98 #7D92DE #DE7DC3

square

#DEC97D #7DDE98 #7D92DE #DE7DC3

split-complementary

#DEC97D #7DC3DE #987DDE

monochromatic

#B3962D #D2B54C #DEC97D #EADDAE #F7F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DEC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97D

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97D	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.099 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a4',
    500: '#dec97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97d;
$custom-light: #ead9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83674,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97D

secondary

#4B62B5

accent

#43C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97D

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

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