#DEC966#DEC966

#DEC966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.122 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC966
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -5.01, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 51.73, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0161 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.122 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4110, 58.2644, 21.0005)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC966 #667BDE

analogous

#DE8D66 #DEC966 #B7DE66

triadic

#DEC966 #66DEC9 #C966DE

tetradic

#DEC966 #66DE8D #667BDE #DE66B7

square

#DEC966 #66DE8D #667BDE #DE66B7

split-complementary

#DEC966 #66B7DE #8D66DE

monochromatic

#A68F24 #D3B734 #DEC966 #E9DB98 #F4EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DEC966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC966

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC966	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)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.122 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd994',
    500: '#dec966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec966;
$custom-light: #ebd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83353,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC966

secondary

#4052A9

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC966

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

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