#DEC981#DEC981

#DEC981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.094 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC981
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 41.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -2.51, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 38.69, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0061 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.094 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9746, 58.8898, 29.2357)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC981 #8196DE

analogous

#DE9B81 #DEC981 #C5DE81

triadic

#DEC981 #81DEC9 #C981DE

tetradic

#DEC981 #81DE9B #8196DE #DE81C5

square

#DEC981 #81DE9B #8196DE #DE81C5

split-complementary

#DEC981 #81C5DE #9B81DE

monochromatic

#B5972F #D1B451 #DEC981 #EBDEB1 #F7F3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DEC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC981

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC981	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCD84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.094 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a6',
    500: '#dec981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec981;
$custom-light: #ead9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83738,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC981

secondary

#4E65B5

accent

#45C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC981

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

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