#DEC66A#DEC66A

#DEC66A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.116 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC66A
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -3.13, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 48.82, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0102 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.116 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9217, 56.9606, 21.8398)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC66A #6A82DE

analogous

#DE8C6A #DEC66A #BCDE6A

triadic

#DEC66A #6ADEC6 #C66ADE

tetradic

#DEC66A #6ADE8C #6A82DE #DE6ABC

square

#DEC66A #6ADE8C #6A82DE #DE6ABC

split-complementary

#DEC66A #6ABCDE #8C6ADE

monochromatic

#A88D25 #D3B338 #DEC66A #E9D99C #F4ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC66A

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC66A	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.116 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd797',
    500: '#dec66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec66a;
$custom-light: #ebd797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82791,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC66A

secondary

#4157AB

accent

#3FCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC66A

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

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