#DEC65D#DEC65D

#DEC65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65D
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -4.15, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 54.84, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0146 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2962, 56.7104, 18.5454)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65D #5D75DE

analogous

#DE865D #DEC65D #B6DE5D

triadic

#DEC65D #5DDEC6 #C65DDE

tetradic

#DEC65D #5DDE86 #5D75DE #DE5DB6

square

#DEC65D #5DDE86 #5D75DE #DE5DB6

split-complementary

#DEC65D #5DB6DE #865DDE

monochromatic

#A08821 #D3B42B #DEC65D #E8D890 #F3EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#DEC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65D	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)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78e',
    500: '#dec65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65d;
$custom-light: #ebd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82634,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65D

secondary

#3C4FA3

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65D

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

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