#DEC650#DEC650

#DEC650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC650
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -5.02, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 60.52, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0186 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7685, 56.4994, 15.7665)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC650 #5068DE

analogous

#DE7F50 #DEC650 #AFDE50

triadic

#DEC650 #50DEC6 #C650DE

tetradic

#DEC650 #50DE7F #5068DE #DE50AF

square

#DEC650 #50DE7F #5068DE #DE50AF

split-complementary

#DEC650 #50AFDE #7F50DE

monochromatic

#97821C #CBAF26 #DEC650 #E8D783 #F1E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC650

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC650	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd786',
    500: '#dec650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec650;
$custom-light: #ecd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82502,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC650

secondary

#37489B

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC650

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

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