#DEC86E#DEC86E

#DEC86E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86E
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -3.82, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 47.60, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0118 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(53.5947, 57.9661, 23.1143)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86E #6E84DE

analogous

#DE906E #DEC86E #BCDE6E

triadic

#DEC86E #6EDEC8 #C86EDE

tetradic

#DEC86E #6EDE90 #6E84DE #DE6EBC

square

#DEC86E #6EDE90 #6E84DE #DE6EBC

split-complementary

#DEC86E #6EBCDE #906EDE

monochromatic

#AB9127 #D3B53C #DEC86E #E9DBA0 #F5EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86E	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)

#D8C466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead899',
    500: '#dec86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86e;
$custom-light: #ead899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86E

secondary

#4358AD

accent

#3DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86E

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

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