#DEC985#DEC985

#DEC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.090 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC985
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -2.08, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 36.71, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0046 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.09 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2457, 58.9983, 30.6635)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC985 #859ADE

analogous

#DE9D85 #DEC985 #C6DE85

triadic

#DEC985 #85DEC9 #C985DE

tetradic

#DEC985 #85DE9D #859ADE #DE85C6

square

#DEC985 #85DE9D #859ADE #DE85C6

split-complementary

#DEC985 #85C6DE #9D85DE

monochromatic

#B79832 #D1B455 #DEC985 #EBDEB5 #F8F4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DEC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC985

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC985	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.090 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9a9',
    500: '#dec985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec985;
$custom-light: #e9d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.843,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83804,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC985

secondary

#5269B5

accent

#47C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC985

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

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