#DEC161#DEC161

#DEC161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.120 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC161
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -1.27, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 51.40, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0058 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3539, 54.5351, 19.1283)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC161 #617EDE

analogous

#DE8261 #DEC161 #BCDE61

triadic

#DEC161 #61DEC1 #C161DE

tetradic

#DEC161 #61DE82 #617EDE #DE61BC

square

#DEC161 #61DE82 #617EDE #DE61BC

split-complementary

#DEC161 #61BCDE #8261DE

monochromatic

#A38522 #D3AD2E #DEC161 #E9D594 #F3E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DEC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC161

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC161	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.120 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd391',
    500: '#dec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec161;
$custom-light: #ebd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81664,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC161

secondary

#3E56A6

accent

#42CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC161

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

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