#DEC96A#DEC96A

#DEC96A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.118 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC96A
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -4.68, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 49.86, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0147 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.118 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6142, 58.3457, 22.0706)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC96A #6A7FDE

analogous

#DE8F6A #DEC96A #B9DE6A

triadic

#DEC96A #6ADEC9 #C96ADE

tetradic

#DEC96A #6ADE8F #6A7FDE #DE6AB9

square

#DEC96A #6ADE8F #6A7FDE #DE6AB9

split-complementary

#DEC96A #6AB9DE #8F6ADE

monochromatic

#A89125 #D3B738 #DEC96A #E9DB9C #F4EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC96A

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC96A	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.118 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd997',
    500: '#dec96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec96a;
$custom-light: #ebd997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83403,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC96A

secondary

#4154AB

accent

#3ACC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC96A

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

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