#DEC86A#DEC86A

#DEC86A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.117 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86A
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -4.16, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 49.51, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0132 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.117 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3818, 57.8810, 21.9931)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86A #6A80DE

analogous

#DE8E6A #DEC86A #BADE6A

triadic

#DEC86A #6ADEC8 #C86ADE

tetradic

#DEC86A #6ADE8E #6A80DE #DE6ABA

square

#DEC86A #6ADE8E #6A80DE #DE6ABA

split-complementary

#DEC86A #6ABADE #8E6ADE

monochromatic

#A88F25 #D3B638 #DEC86A #E9DA9C #F4EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86A

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86A	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.117 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd897',
    500: '#dec86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86a;
$custom-light: #ebd897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83199,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86A

secondary

#4155AB

accent

#3CCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86A

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

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