#DEC96B#DEC96B

#DEC96B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.117 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC96B
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -4.59, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 49.38, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0143 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.117 97)
XYZ	xyz(53.6665, 58.3666, 22.3461)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC96B #6B80DE

analogous

#DE8F6B #DEC96B #BADE6B

triadic

#DEC96B #6BDEC9 #C96BDE

tetradic

#DEC96B #6BDE8F #6B80DE #DE6BBA

square

#DEC96B #6BDE8F #6B80DE #DE6BBA

split-complementary

#DEC96B #6BBADE #8F6BDE

monochromatic

#A99126 #D3B739 #DEC96B #E9DB9D #F4EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC96B

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC96B	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)

#D9C563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.117 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead997',
    500: '#dec96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec96b;
$custom-light: #ead997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83416,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.58364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC96B

secondary

#4255AB

accent

#3BCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC96B

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

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