#DEC65E#DEC65E

#DEC65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65E
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -4.08, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 54.39, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0143 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3407, 56.7283, 18.7802)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65E #5E76DE

analogous

#DE865E #DEC65E #B6DE5E

triadic

#DEC65E #5EDEC6 #C65EDE

tetradic

#DEC65E #5EDE86 #5E76DE #DE5EB6

square

#DEC65E #5EDE86 #5E76DE #DE5EB6

split-complementary

#DEC65E #5EB6DE #865EDE

monochromatic

#A18921 #D3B42B #DEC65E #E8D891 #F3EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65E

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65E	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78f',
    500: '#dec65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65e;
$custom-light: #ebd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82645,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65E

secondary

#3C50A4

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65E

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

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