#DEC765#DEC765

#DEC765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.121 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC765
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -4.06, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 51.51, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0134 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.121 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8985, 57.3183, 20.5865)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC765 #657CDE

analogous

#DE8A65 #DEC765 #B8DE65

triadic

#DEC765 #65DEC7 #C765DE

tetradic

#DEC765 #65DE8A #657CDE #DE65B8

square

#DEC765 #65DE8A #657CDE #DE65B8

split-complementary

#DEC765 #65B8DE #8A65DE

monochromatic

#A58D23 #D3B533 #DEC765 #E9D997 #F4ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DEC765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC765

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC765	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.121 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd793',
    500: '#dec765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec765;
$custom-light: #ebd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82932,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC765

secondary

#3F53A8

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC765

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

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