#DEC861#DEC861

#DEC861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC861
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -4.88, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 53.69, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0163 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9381, 57.7035, 19.6563)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC861 #6177DE

analogous

#DE8961 #DEC861 #B5DE61

triadic

#DEC861 #61DEC8 #C861DE

tetradic

#DEC861 #61DE89 #6177DE #DE61B5

square

#DEC861 #61DE89 #6177DE #DE61B5

split-complementary

#DEC861 #61B5DE #8961DE

monochromatic

#A38C22 #D3B62E #DEC861 #E9DA94 #F3EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DEC861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC861

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC861	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd891',
    500: '#dec861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec861;
$custom-light: #ebd891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83088,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC861

secondary

#3E50A6

accent

#38CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC861

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

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