#DEC66B#DEC66B

#DEC66B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.115 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC66B
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -3.05, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 48.34, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0098 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.115 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9740, 56.9816, 22.1152)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC66B #6B83DE

analogous

#DE8D6B #DEC66B #BDDE6B

triadic

#DEC66B #6BDEC6 #C66BDE

tetradic

#DEC66B #6BDE8D #6B83DE #DE6BBD

square

#DEC66B #6BDE8D #6B83DE #DE6BBD

split-complementary

#DEC66B #6BBDDE #8D6BDE

monochromatic

#A98E26 #D3B339 #DEC66B #E9D99D #F4EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC66B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DEC66B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC66B

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC66B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC66B	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec66b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.115 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead797',
    500: '#dec66b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec66b;
$custom-light: #ead797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec66b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82804,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC66B

secondary

#4258AB

accent

#3FCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC66B

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

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