#DEC986#DEC986

#DEC986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.089 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC986
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 134)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 39.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -1.97, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 36.21, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0042 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.089 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3152, 59.0261, 31.0290)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC986 #869BDE

analogous

#DE9D86 #DEC986 #C7DE86

triadic

#DEC986 #86DEC9 #C986DE

tetradic

#DEC986 #86DE9D #869BDE #DE86C7

square

#DEC986 #86DE9D #869BDE #DE86C7

split-complementary

#DEC986 #86C7DE #9D86DE

monochromatic

#B89832 #D1B456 #DEC986 #EBDEB6 #F8F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DEC986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC986

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC986	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)

#D7C681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.089 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9aa',
    500: '#dec986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec986;
$custom-light: #e9d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.682,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83821,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC986

secondary

#536AB5

accent

#48C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC986

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

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