#DEC863#DEC863

#DEC863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC863
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -4.73, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 52.78, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0156 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0326, 57.7413, 20.1537)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC863 #6379DE

analogous

#DE8A63 #DEC863 #B7DE63

triadic

#DEC863 #63DEC8 #C863DE

tetradic

#DEC863 #63DE8A #6379DE #DE63B7

square

#DEC863 #63DE8A #6379DE #DE63B7

split-complementary

#DEC863 #63B7DE #8A63DE

monochromatic

#A48D23 #D3B630 #DEC863 #E9DA96 #F3ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DEC863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC863

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC863	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd892',
    500: '#dec863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec863;
$custom-light: #ebd892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83112,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC863

secondary

#3E51A7

accent

#39CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC863

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

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