#DEC265#DEC265

#DEC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC265
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -1.47, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 49.86, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.006 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.117 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7670, 55.0552, 20.2094)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC265 #6581DE

analogous

#DE8565 #DEC265 #BDDE65

triadic

#DEC265 #65DEC2 #C265DE

tetradic

#DEC265 #65DE85 #6581DE #DE65BD

square

#DEC265 #65DE85 #6581DE #DE65BD

split-complementary

#DEC265 #65BDDE #8565DE

monochromatic

#A58723 #D3AE33 #DEC265 #E9D697 #F4EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DEC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC265

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC265	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd493',
    500: '#dec265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec265;
$custom-light: #ebd493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81916,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC265

secondary

#3F57A8

accent

#43CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC265

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

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