#DEC86C#DEC86C

#DEC86C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.115 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86C
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -3.99, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 48.56, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0125 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.115 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4871, 57.9230, 22.5473)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86C #6C82DE

analogous

#DE8F6C #DEC86C #BBDE6C

triadic

#DEC86C #6CDEC8 #C86CDE

tetradic

#DEC86C #6CDE8F #6C82DE #DE6CBB

square

#DEC86C #6CDE8F #6C82DE #DE6CBB

split-complementary

#DEC86C #6CBBDE #8F6CDE

monochromatic

#AA9026 #D3B53A #DEC86C #E9DB9E #F4EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86C

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86C	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)

#D8C464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.115 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead898',
    500: '#dec86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86c;
$custom-light: #ead898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86C

secondary

#4257AC

accent

#3CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86C

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

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