#DEC96E#DEC96E

#DEC96E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.114 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC96E
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -4.33, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 47.96, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0133 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.114 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8271, 58.4308, 23.1918)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC96E #6E83DE

analogous

#DE916E #DEC96E #BBDE6E

triadic

#DEC96E #6EDEC9 #C96EDE

tetradic

#DEC96E #6EDE91 #6E83DE #DE6EBB

square

#DEC96E #6EDE91 #6E83DE #DE6EBB

split-complementary

#DEC96E #6EBBDE #916EDE

monochromatic

#AB9227 #D3B63C #DEC96E #E9DCA0 #F5EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DEC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC96E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC96E	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.114 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#dec96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec96e;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83455,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC96E

secondary

#4357AD

accent

#3CCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC96E

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

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