#DEC968#DEC968

#DEC968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.120 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC968
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -4.84, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 50.80, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0154 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.12 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5114, 58.3045, 21.5292)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC968 #687DDE

analogous

#DE8E68 #DEC968 #B8DE68

triadic

#DEC968 #68DEC9 #C968DE

tetradic

#DEC968 #68DE8E #687DDE #DE68B8

square

#DEC968 #68DE8E #687DDE #DE68B8

split-complementary

#DEC968 #68B8DE #8E68DE

monochromatic

#A79025 #D3B736 #DEC968 #E9DB9A #F4EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DEC968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC968

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC968	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.120 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd995',
    500: '#dec968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec968;
$custom-light: #ebd995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83377,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC968

secondary

#4153AA

accent

#39CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC968

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

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