#DEC960#DEC960

#DEC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.127 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC960
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -5.47, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 54.50, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0181 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.127 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1242, 58.1497, 19.4898)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC960 #6075DE

analogous

#DE8A60 #DEC960 #B4DE60

triadic

#DEC960 #60DEC9 #C960DE

tetradic

#DEC960 #60DE8A #6075DE #DE60B4

square

#DEC960 #60DE8A #6075DE #DE60B4

split-complementary

#DEC960 #60B4DE #8A60DE

monochromatic

#A28D22 #D3B82D #DEC960 #E9DA93 #F3EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DEC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC960

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC960	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.127 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd990',
    500: '#dec960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec960;
$custom-light: #ebd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83282,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC960

secondary

#3D4EA5

accent

#36CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC960

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

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