#DEC965#DEC965

#DEC965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.123 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC965
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -5.09, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 52.20, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0164 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.123 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3617, 58.2447, 20.7409)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC965 #657ADE

analogous

#DE8C65 #DEC965 #B6DE65

triadic

#DEC965 #65DEC9 #C965DE

tetradic

#DEC965 #65DE8C #657ADE #DE65B6

square

#DEC965 #65DE8C #657ADE #DE65B6

split-complementary

#DEC965 #65B6DE #8C65DE

monochromatic

#A58F23 #D3B733 #DEC965 #E9DB97 #F4ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DEC965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC965

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC965	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.123 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd994',
    500: '#dec965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec965;
$custom-light: #ebd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83341,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC965

secondary

#3F51A8

accent

#38CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC965

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

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