#DEC566#DEC566

#DEC566 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.119 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC566
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -2.94, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 50.36, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0101 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.119 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4907, 56.4237, 20.6938)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC566 #667FDE

analogous

#DE8966 #DEC566 #BBDE66

triadic

#DEC566 #66DEC5 #C566DE

tetradic

#DEC566 #66DE89 #667FDE #DE66BB

square

#DEC566 #66DE89 #667FDE #DE66BB

split-complementary

#DEC566 #66BBDE #8966DE

monochromatic

#A68B24 #D3B234 #DEC566 #E9D898 #F4EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC566

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC566	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)

#D6C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.119 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd694',
    500: '#dec566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec566;
$custom-light: #ebd694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82537,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC566

secondary

#4056A9

accent

#3ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC566

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

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