#DEC963#DEC963

#DEC963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC963
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -5.24, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 53.12, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0171 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2649, 58.2060, 20.2311)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC963 #6378DE

analogous

#DE8B63 #DEC963 #B5DE63

triadic

#DEC963 #63DEC9 #C963DE

tetradic

#DEC963 #63DE8B #6378DE #DE63B5

square

#DEC963 #63DE8B #6378DE #DE63B5

split-complementary

#DEC963 #63B5DE #8B63DE

monochromatic

#A48E23 #D3B830 #DEC963 #E9DA96 #F3ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DEC963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC963

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC963	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd992',
    500: '#dec963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec963;
$custom-light: #ebd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83317,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC963

secondary

#3E50A7

accent

#37CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC963

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

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