#DEC96D#DEC96D

#DEC96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC96D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -4.42, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 48.43, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0136 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.115 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7729, 58.4092, 22.9066)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC96D #6D82DE

analogous

#DE916D #DEC96D #BADE6D

triadic

#DEC96D #6DDEC9 #C96DDE

tetradic

#DEC96D #6DDE91 #6D82DE #DE6DBA

square

#DEC96D #6DDE91 #6D82DE #DE6DBA

split-complementary

#DEC96D #6DBADE #916DDE

monochromatic

#AA9226 #D3B73B #DEC96D #E9DB9F #F5EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DEC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC96D

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC96D	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.115 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#dec96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec96d;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83442,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC96D

secondary

#4356AC

accent

#3BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC96D

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

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