#DEC65A#DEC65A

#DEC65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65A
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -4.36, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 56.19, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0156 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.13 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1659, 56.6583, 17.8592)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65A #5A72DE

analogous

#DE845A #DEC65A #B4DE5A

triadic

#DEC65A #5ADEC6 #C65ADE

tetradic

#DEC65A #5ADE84 #5A72DE #DE5AB4

square

#DEC65A #5ADE84 #5A72DE #DE5AB4

split-complementary

#DEC65A #5AB4DE #845ADE

monochromatic

#9E8720 #D1B32A #DEC65A #E8D88D #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DEC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65A	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.130 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78c',
    500: '#dec65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65a;
$custom-light: #ebd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82602,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65A

secondary

#3B4DA1

accent

#38CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65A

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

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