#DEC65B#DEC65B

#DEC65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65B
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -4.29, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 55.74, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0153 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.129 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2087, 56.6755, 18.0849)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65B #5B73DE

analogous

#DE855B #DEC65B #B4DE5B

triadic

#DEC65B #5BDEC6 #C65BDE

tetradic

#DEC65B #5BDE85 #5B73DE #DE5BB4

square

#DEC65B #5BDE85 #5B73DE #DE5BB4

split-complementary

#DEC65B #5BB4DE #855BDE

monochromatic

#9F8720 #D2B32A #DEC65B #E8D88E #F3E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DEC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65B

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78d',
    500: '#dec65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65b;
$custom-light: #ebd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82612,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65B

secondary

#3B4EA2

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65B

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

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