#DECA60#DECA60

#DECA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA60
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -5.98, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 54.84, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0196 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.128 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3580, 58.6174, 19.5677)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA60 #6074DE

analogous

#DE8B60 #DECA60 #B3DE60

triadic

#DECA60 #60DECA #CA60DE

tetradic

#DECA60 #60DE8B #6074DE #DE60B3

square

#DECA60 #60DE8B #6074DE #DE60B3

split-complementary

#DECA60 #60B3DE #8B60DE

monochromatic

#A28E22 #D3B92D #DECA60 #E9DB93 #F3ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DECA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA60

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA60	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd990',
    500: '#deca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca60;
$custom-light: #ebd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA60

secondary

#3D4EA5

accent

#35CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA60

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

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