#DEC65C#DEC65C

#DEC65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65C
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -4.22, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 55.29, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.015 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2522, 56.6928, 18.3136)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65C #5C74DE

analogous

#DE855C #DEC65C #B5DE5C

triadic

#DEC65C #5CDEC6 #C65CDE

tetradic

#DEC65C #5CDE85 #5C74DE #DE5CB5

square

#DEC65C #5CDE85 #5C74DE #DE5CB5

split-complementary

#DEC65C #5CB5DE #855CDE

monochromatic

#9F8820 #D2B32B #DEC65C #E8D88F #F3EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#DEC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65C

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65C	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78e',
    500: '#dec65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65c;
$custom-light: #ebd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82623,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65C

secondary

#3C4FA3

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65C

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

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