#DEC563#DEC563

#DEC563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.122 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC563
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -3.18, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 51.76, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0111 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.122 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3446, 56.3653, 19.9244)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC563 #637CDE

analogous

#DE8763 #DEC563 #B9DE63

triadic

#DEC563 #63DEC5 #C563DE

tetradic

#DEC563 #63DE87 #637CDE #DE63B9

square

#DEC563 #63DE87 #637CDE #DE63B9

split-complementary

#DEC563 #63B9DE #8763DE

monochromatic

#A48A23 #D3B230 #DEC563 #E9D896 #F3EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DEC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC563

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC563	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)

#D6C15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.122 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd692',
    500: '#dec563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec563;
$custom-light: #ebd692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.825,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC563

secondary

#3E54A7

accent

#3DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC563

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

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