#DEC868#DEC868

#DEC868 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.119 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC868
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -4.33, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 50.45, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0139 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.119 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2790, 57.8398, 21.4518)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC868 #687EDE

analogous

#DE8D68 #DEC868 #B9DE68

triadic

#DEC868 #68DEC8 #C868DE

tetradic

#DEC868 #68DE8D #687EDE #DE68B9

square

#DEC868 #68DE8D #687EDE #DE68B9

split-complementary

#DEC868 #68B9DE #8D68DE

monochromatic

#A78F25 #D3B636 #DEC868 #E9DA9A #F4EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC868

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC868	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.119 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd895',
    500: '#dec868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec868;
$custom-light: #ebd895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83173,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC868

secondary

#4154AA

accent

#3BCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC868

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

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