#DEC97F#DEC97F

#DEC97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.097 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC97F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 42.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -2.71, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 39.68, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0069 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.097 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8430, 58.8372, 28.5424)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC97F #7F94DE

analogous

#DE997F #DEC97F #C3DE7F

triadic

#DEC97F #7FDEC9 #C97FDE

tetradic

#DEC97F #7FDE99 #7F94DE #DE7FC3

square

#DEC97F #7FDE99 #7F94DE #DE7FC3

split-complementary

#DEC97F #7FC3DE #997FDE

monochromatic

#B4972E #D1B44E #DEC97F #EBDEB0 #F7F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DEC97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC97F

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC97F	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.097 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a5',
    500: '#dec97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec97f;
$custom-light: #ead9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83706,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC97F

secondary

#4C63B5

accent

#44C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC97F

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

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