#DEC661#DEC661

#DEC661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.124 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC661
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -3.85, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 53.02, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0133 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.124 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4780, 56.7832, 19.5030)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC661 #6179DE

analogous

#DE8761 #DEC661 #B7DE61

triadic

#DEC661 #61DEC6 #C661DE

tetradic

#DEC661 #61DE87 #6179DE #DE61B7

square

#DEC661 #61DE87 #6179DE #DE61B7

split-complementary

#DEC661 #61B7DE #8761DE

monochromatic

#A38A22 #D3B42E #DEC661 #E9D894 #F3EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DEC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC661

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC661	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.124 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd791',
    500: '#dec661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec661;
$custom-light: #ebd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8268,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC661

secondary

#3E52A6

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC661

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

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