#DEC865#DEC865

#DEC865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.122 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC865
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -4.57, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 51.85, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0149 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.122 97)
XYZ	xyz(53.1294, 57.7800, 20.6635)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC865 #657BDE

analogous

#DE8B65 #DEC865 #B7DE65

triadic

#DEC865 #65DEC8 #C865DE

tetradic

#DEC865 #65DE8B #657BDE #DE65B7

square

#DEC865 #65DE8B #657BDE #DE65B7

split-complementary

#DEC865 #65B7DE #8B65DE

monochromatic

#A58E23 #D3B633 #DEC865 #E9DA97 #F4ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DEC865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC865

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC865	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.122 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd893',
    500: '#dec865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec865;
$custom-light: #ebd893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.57778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC865

secondary

#3F52A8

accent

#3ACD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC865

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

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