#DEC66E#DEC66E

#DEC66E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.112 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC66E
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -2.79, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 46.91, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0088 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.112 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1346, 57.0458, 22.9609)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC66E #6E86DE

analogous

#DE8E6E #DEC66E #BEDE6E

triadic

#DEC66E #6EDEC6 #C66EDE

tetradic

#DEC66E #6EDE8E #6E86DE #DE6EBE

square

#DEC66E #6EDE8E #6E86DE #DE6EBE

split-complementary

#DEC66E #6EBEDE #8E6EDE

monochromatic

#AB8E27 #D3B23C #DEC66E #E9DAA0 #F5EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC66E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DEC66E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC66E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC66E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC66E	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec66e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.112 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#dec66e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec66e;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec66e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82845,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC66E

secondary

#435AAD

accent

#41CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC66E

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

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