#DEC989#DEC989

#DEC989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.086 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC989
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -1.64, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 34.71, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.003 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.086 92)
XYZ	xyz(55.5274, 59.1109, 32.1467)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC989 #899EDE

analogous

#DE9E89 #DEC989 #C9DE89

triadic

#DEC989 #89DEC9 #C989DE

tetradic

#DEC989 #89DE9E #899EDE #DE89C9

square

#DEC989 #89DE9E #899EDE #DE89C9

split-complementary

#DEC989 #89C9DE #9E89DE

monochromatic

#B99834 #D1B359 #DEC989 #EBDFB9 #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#DEC989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC989

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC989	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.086 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9ac',
    500: '#dec989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec989;
$custom-light: #e9d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83873,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.59109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC989

secondary

#566DB5

accent

#4AC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC989

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

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