#DEC65F#DEC65F

#DEC65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC65F
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -4.00, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 53.93, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.014 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3859, 56.7463, 19.0180)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC65F #5F77DE

analogous

#DE865F #DEC65F #B7DE5F

triadic

#DEC65F #5FDEC6 #C65FDE

tetradic

#DEC65F #5FDE86 #5F77DE #DE5FB7

square

#DEC65F #5FDE86 #5F77DE #DE5FB7

split-complementary

#DEC65F #5FB7DE #865FDE

monochromatic

#A18921 #D4B42C #DEC65F #E8D892 #F3EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC65F

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC65F	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)

#D7C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78f',
    500: '#dec65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec65f;
$custom-light: #ebd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82657,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC65F

secondary

#3D50A4

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC65F

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

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