#DEC761#DEC761

#DEC761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC761
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -4.37, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 53.35, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0148 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7073, 57.2418, 19.5794)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC761 #6178DE

analogous

#DE8861 #DEC761 #B6DE61

triadic

#DEC761 #61DEC7 #C761DE

tetradic

#DEC761 #61DE88 #6178DE #DE61B6

square

#DEC761 #61DE88 #6178DE #DE61B6

split-complementary

#DEC761 #61B6DE #8861DE

monochromatic

#A38B22 #D3B52E #DEC761 #E9D994 #F3EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DEC761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC761

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC761	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd791',
    500: '#dec761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec761;
$custom-light: #ebd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82884,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC761

secondary

#3E51A6

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC761

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

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