#DEC565#DEC565

#DEC565 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.120 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC565
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -3.02, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 50.83, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0105 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.12 95)
XYZ	xyz(52.4414, 56.4040, 20.4342)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC565 #657EDE

analogous

#DE8865 #DEC565 #BBDE65

triadic

#DEC565 #65DEC5 #C565DE

tetradic

#DEC565 #65DE88 #657EDE #DE65BB

square

#DEC565 #65DE88 #657EDE #DE65BB

split-complementary

#DEC565 #65BBDE #8865DE

monochromatic

#A58A23 #D3B233 #DEC565 #E9D897 #F4EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC565

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC565	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.120 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd693',
    500: '#dec565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec565;
$custom-light: #ebd693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82524,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.56402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC565

secondary

#3F55A8

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC565

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

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