#DEC98A#DEC98A

#DEC98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC98A
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -1.53, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 34.21, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0026 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5994, 59.1398, 32.5262)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC98A #8A9FDE

analogous

#DE9F8A #DEC98A #C9DE8A

triadic

#DEC98A #8ADEC9 #C98ADE

tetradic

#DEC98A #8ADE9F #8A9FDE #DE8AC9

square

#DEC98A #8ADE9F #8A9FDE #DE8AC9

split-complementary

#DEC98A #8AC9DE #9F8ADE

monochromatic

#B99834 #D1B35A #DEC98A #EBDFBA #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DEC98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC98A

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC98A	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9ad',
    500: '#dec98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec98a;
$custom-light: #e9d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC98A

secondary

#576EB5

accent

#4AC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC98A

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

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