#DEC561#DEC561

#DEC561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.123 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC561
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -3.34, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 52.68, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0118 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.123 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2502, 56.3275, 19.4270)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC561 #617ADE

analogous

#DE8661 #DEC561 #B8DE61

triadic

#DEC561 #61DEC5 #C561DE

tetradic

#DEC561 #61DE86 #617ADE #DE61B8

square

#DEC561 #61DE86 #617ADE #DE61B8

split-complementary

#DEC561 #61B8DE #8661DE

monochromatic

#A38922 #D3B22E #DEC561 #E9D894 #F3EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DEC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC561

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC561	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.123 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd691',
    500: '#dec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec561;
$custom-light: #ebd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82476,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC561

secondary

#3E52A6

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC561

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

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