#DECA61#DECA61

#DECA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA61
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -5.91, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 54.39, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0192 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.127 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4044, 58.6359, 19.8118)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA61 #6175DE

analogous

#DE8B61 #DECA61 #B3DE61

triadic

#DECA61 #61DECA #CA61DE

tetradic

#DECA61 #61DE8B #6175DE #DE61B3

square

#DECA61 #61DE8B #6175DE #DE61B3

split-complementary

#DECA61 #61B3DE #8B61DE

monochromatic

#A38E22 #D3B92E #DECA61 #E9DB94 #F3ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DECA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA61

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA61	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd991',
    500: '#deca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca61;
$custom-light: #ebd991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83498,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA61

secondary

#3E4EA6

accent

#35CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA61

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

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