#DEC660#DEC660

#DEC660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.125 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC660
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -3.93, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 53.48, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0136 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.125 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4316, 56.7646, 19.2589)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC660 #6078DE

analogous

#DE8760 #DEC660 #B7DE60

triadic

#DEC660 #60DEC6 #C660DE

tetradic

#DEC660 #60DE87 #6078DE #DE60B7

square

#DEC660 #60DE87 #6078DE #DE60B7

split-complementary

#DEC660 #60B7DE #8760DE

monochromatic

#A28A22 #D3B42D #DEC660 #E9D893 #F3EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC660

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC660	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)

#D7C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.125 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd790',
    500: '#dec660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec660;
$custom-light: #ebd790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82668,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC660

secondary

#3D51A5

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC660

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

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