#DEC165#DEC165

#DEC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC165
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -0.95, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 49.54, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0045 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.117 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5452, 54.6116, 20.1354)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC165 #6582DE

analogous

#DE8465 #DEC165 #BEDE65

triadic

#DEC165 #65DEC1 #C165DE

tetradic

#DEC165 #65DE84 #6582DE #DE65BE

square

#DEC165 #65DE84 #6582DE #DE65BE

split-complementary

#DEC165 #65BEDE #8465DE

monochromatic

#A58623 #D3AD33 #DEC165 #E9D597 #F4EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DEC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC165

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC165	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd393',
    500: '#dec165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec165;
$custom-light: #ebd393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81714,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC165

secondary

#3F58A8

accent

#44CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC165

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

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