#DEC86D#DEC86D

#DEC86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.114 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86D
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -3.91, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 48.08, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0121 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.114 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5406, 57.9445, 22.8292)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86D #6D83DE

analogous

#DE906D #DEC86D #BBDE6D

triadic

#DEC86D #6DDEC8 #C86DDE

tetradic

#DEC86D #6DDE90 #6D83DE #DE6DBB

square

#DEC86D #6DDE90 #6D83DE #DE6DBB

split-complementary

#DEC86D #6DBBDE #906DDE

monochromatic

#AA9126 #D3B53B #DEC86D #E9DB9F #F5EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86D

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86D	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.114 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead899',
    500: '#dec86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86d;
$custom-light: #ead899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83238,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86D

secondary

#4357AC

accent

#3DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86D

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

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