#DEC980#DEC980

#DEC980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.096 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC980
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 128)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 42.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -2.61, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 39.19, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0065 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.096 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9085, 58.8634, 28.8873)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC980 #8095DE

analogous

#DE9A80 #DEC980 #C4DE80

triadic

#DEC980 #80DEC9 #C980DE

tetradic

#DEC980 #80DE9A #8095DE #DE80C4

square

#DEC980 #80DE9A #8095DE #DE80C4

split-complementary

#DEC980 #80C4DE #9A80DE

monochromatic

#B5972F #D1B44F #DEC980 #EBDEB1 #F7F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DEC980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC980

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC980	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.096 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a6',
    500: '#dec980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec980;
$custom-light: #ead9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83722,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC980

secondary

#4D64B5

accent

#44C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC980

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

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