#DECA63#DECA63

#DECA63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA63
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -5.76, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 53.47, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0186 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4988, 58.6737, 20.3091)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA63 #6377DE

analogous

#DE8C63 #DECA63 #B4DE63

triadic

#DECA63 #63DECA #CA63DE

tetradic

#DECA63 #63DE8C #6377DE #DE63B4

square

#DECA63 #63DE8C #6377DE #DE63B4

split-complementary

#DECA63 #63B4DE #8C63DE

monochromatic

#A48F23 #D3B930 #DECA63 #E9DB96 #F3ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DECA63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA63

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA63	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)

#DBC559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd992',
    500: '#deca63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca63;
$custom-light: #ebd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83522,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA63

secondary

#3E4FA7

accent

#36CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA63

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

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