#DEC66D#DEC66D

#DEC66D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.113 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC66D
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -2.87, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 47.39, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0091 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.113 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0804, 57.0241, 22.6758)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC66D #6D85DE

analogous

#DE8E6D #DEC66D #BDDE6D

triadic

#DEC66D #6DDEC6 #C66DDE

tetradic

#DEC66D #6DDE8E #6D85DE #DE6DBD

square

#DEC66D #6DDE8E #6D85DE #DE6DBD

split-complementary

#DEC66D #6DBDDE #8E6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8E26 #D3B33B #DEC66D #E9D99F #F5EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DEC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC66D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC66D	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)

#D6C365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.113 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#dec66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec66d;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82831,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC66D

secondary

#4359AC

accent

#40CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC66D

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

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