#DEC86F#DEC86F

#DEC86F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.112 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC86F
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 111)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -3.73, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 47.13, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0114 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.112 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6495, 57.9880, 23.4027)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC86F #6F85DE

analogous

#DE906F #DEC86F #BDDE6F

triadic

#DEC86F #6FDEC8 #C86FDE

tetradic

#DEC86F #6FDE90 #6F85DE #DE6FBD

square

#DEC86F #6FDE90 #6F85DE #DE6FBD

split-complementary

#DEC86F #6FBDDE #906FDE

monochromatic

#AB9127 #D3B53D #DEC86F #E9DBA1 #F5EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DEC86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC86F

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC86F	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.112 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead89a',
    500: '#dec86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec86f;
$custom-light: #ead89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83265,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC86F

secondary

#4459AE

accent

#3ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC86F

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

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