#DEC96F#DEC96F

#DEC96F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.113 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC96F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -4.25, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 47.48, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0129 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.113 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8818, 58.4527, 23.4801)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC96F #6F84DE

analogous

#DE926F #DEC96F #BBDE6F

triadic

#DEC96F #6FDEC9 #C96FDE

tetradic

#DEC96F #6FDE92 #6F84DE #DE6FBB

square

#DEC96F #6FDE92 #6F84DE #DE6FBB

split-complementary

#DEC96F #6FBBDE #926FDE

monochromatic

#AB9227 #D3B63D #DEC96F #E9DCA1 #F5EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DEC96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC96F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC96F	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#D9C567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.113 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99a',
    500: '#dec96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec96f;
$custom-light: #ead99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83469,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC96F

secondary

#4458AE

accent

#3CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC96F

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

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