#DEC465#DEC465

#DEC465 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.119 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC465
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -2.51, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 50.50, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.009 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.119 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2151, 55.9514, 20.3587)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC465 #657FDE

analogous

#DE8765 #DEC465 #BCDE65

triadic

#DEC465 #65DEC4 #C465DE

tetradic

#DEC465 #65DE87 #657FDE #DE65BC

square

#DEC465 #65DE87 #657FDE #DE65BC

split-complementary

#DEC465 #65BCDE #8765DE

monochromatic

#A58923 #D3B133 #DEC465 #E9D797 #F4EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DEC465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC465

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC465	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.119 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd593',
    500: '#dec465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec465;
$custom-light: #ebd593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82321,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC465

secondary

#3F56A8

accent

#40CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC465

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

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