#DEC987#DEC987

#DEC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.088 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC987
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -1.86, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 35.71, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0038 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.088 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3852, 59.0541, 31.3981)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC987 #879CDE

analogous

#DE9D87 #DEC987 #C8DE87

triadic

#DEC987 #87DEC9 #C987DE

tetradic

#DEC987 #87DE9D #879CDE #DE87C8

square

#DEC987 #87DE9D #879CDE #DE87C8

split-complementary

#DEC987 #87C8DE #9D87DE

monochromatic

#B89833 #D1B357 #DEC987 #EBDFB7 #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DEC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC987

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC987	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.088 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9aa',
    500: '#dec987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec987;
$custom-light: #e9d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83839,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC987

secondary

#546BB5

accent

#49C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC987

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

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