#DEC86B#DEC86B

#DEC86B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.116 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86B
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -4.08, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 49.03, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0128 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.116 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4341, 57.9019, 22.2686)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86B #6B81DE

analogous

#DE8F6B #DEC86B #BADE6B

triadic

#DEC86B #6BDEC8 #C86BDE

tetradic

#DEC86B #6BDE8F #6B81DE #DE6BBA

square

#DEC86B #6BDE8F #6B81DE #DE6BBA

split-complementary

#DEC86B #6BBADE #8F6BDE

monochromatic

#A99026 #D3B539 #DEC86B #E9DB9D #F4EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86B

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86B	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)

#D8C463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.116 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead897',
    500: '#dec86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86b;
$custom-light: #ead897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83212,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86B

secondary

#4256AB

accent

#3CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86B

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

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