#DEC665#DEC665

#DEC665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.120 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC665
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -3.54, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 51.17, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.012 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.12 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6692, 56.8596, 20.5101)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC665 #657DDE

analogous

#DE8965 #DEC665 #B9DE65

triadic

#DEC665 #65DEC6 #C665DE

tetradic

#DEC665 #65DE89 #657DDE #DE65B9

square

#DEC665 #65DE89 #657DDE #DE65B9

split-complementary

#DEC665 #65B9DE #8965DE

monochromatic

#A58B23 #D3B333 #DEC665 #E9D997 #F4EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DEC665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC665

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC665	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.120 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd793',
    500: '#dec665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec665;
$custom-light: #ebd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82728,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC665

secondary

#3F54A8

accent

#3DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC665

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

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