#DEC66C#DEC66C

#DEC66C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.114 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC66C
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -2.96, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 47.87, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0095 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.114 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0269, 57.0027, 22.3939)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC66C #6C84DE

analogous

#DE8D6C #DEC66C #BDDE6C

triadic

#DEC66C #6CDEC6 #C66CDE

tetradic

#DEC66C #6CDE8D #6C84DE #DE6CBD

square

#DEC66C #6CDE8D #6C84DE #DE6CBD

split-complementary

#DEC66C #6CBDDE #8D6CDE

monochromatic

#AA8E26 #D3B33A #DEC66C #E9D99E #F4EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC66C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DEC66C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC66C

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC66C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC66C	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)

#D6C264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec66c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.114 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead798',
    500: '#dec66c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec66c;
$custom-light: #ead798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec66c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82818,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC66C

secondary

#4259AC

accent

#40CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC66C

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

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