#DEC97E#DEC97E

#DEC97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.098 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97E
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -2.82, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 40.18, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0073 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.098 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7782, 58.8113, 28.2009)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97E #7E93DE

analogous

#DE997E #DEC97E #C3DE7E

triadic

#DEC97E #7EDEC9 #C97EDE

tetradic

#DEC97E #7EDE99 #7E93DE #DE7EC3

square

#DEC97E #7EDE99 #7E93DE #DE7EC3

split-complementary

#DEC97E #7EC3DE #997EDE

monochromatic

#B4962E #D2B54D #DEC97E #EADDAF #F7F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DEC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97E	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)

#D8C678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.098 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a4',
    500: '#dec97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97e;
$custom-light: #ead9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8369,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97E

secondary

#4B62B5

accent

#43C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97E

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

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