#DEC869#DEC869

#DEC869 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.118 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC869
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -4.25, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 49.98, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0135 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.118 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3301, 57.8603, 21.7209)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC869 #697FDE

analogous

#DE8E69 #DEC869 #BADE69

triadic

#DEC869 #69DEC8 #C869DE

tetradic

#DEC869 #69DE8E #697FDE #DE69BA

square

#DEC869 #69DE8E #697FDE #DE69BA

split-complementary

#DEC869 #69BADE #8E69DE

monochromatic

#A88F25 #D3B637 #DEC869 #E9DA9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC869

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC869	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.118 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd896',
    500: '#dec869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec869;
$custom-light: #ebd896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83186,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC869

secondary

#4155AA

accent

#3BCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC869

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

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