#DEC969#DEC969

#DEC969 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.119 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC969
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -4.76, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 50.33, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.015 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.119 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5625, 58.3250, 21.7983)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC969 #697EDE

analogous

#DE8F69 #DEC969 #B9DE69

triadic

#DEC969 #69DEC9 #C969DE

tetradic

#DEC969 #69DE8F #697EDE #DE69B9

square

#DEC969 #69DE8F #697EDE #DE69B9

split-complementary

#DEC969 #69B9DE #8F69DE

monochromatic

#A89025 #D3B737 #DEC969 #E9DB9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DEC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC969

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC969	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)

#D9C560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.119 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd996',
    500: '#dec969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec969;
$custom-light: #ebd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8339,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC969

secondary

#4154AA

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC969

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

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