#DEC163#DEC163

#DEC163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC163
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -1.11, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 50.48, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0051 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.119 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4484, 54.5728, 19.6256)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC163 #6380DE

analogous

#DE8463 #DEC163 #BDDE63

triadic

#DEC163 #63DEC1 #C163DE

tetradic

#DEC163 #63DE84 #6380DE #DE63BD

square

#DEC163 #63DE84 #6380DE #DE63BD

split-complementary

#DEC163 #63BDDE #8463DE

monochromatic

#A48523 #D3AD30 #DEC163 #E9D596 #F3E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DEC163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC163

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC163	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)

#D2BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd392',
    500: '#dec163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec163;
$custom-light: #ebd392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC163

secondary

#3E57A7

accent

#43CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC163

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

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