#DECA65#DECA65

#DECA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA65
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -5.60, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 52.55, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0179 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5956, 58.7124, 20.8189)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA65 #6579DE

analogous

#DE8D65 #DECA65 #B5DE65

triadic

#DECA65 #65DECA #CA65DE

tetradic

#DECA65 #65DE8D #6579DE #DE65B5

square

#DECA65 #65DE8D #6579DE #DE65B5

split-complementary

#DECA65 #65B5DE #8D65DE

monochromatic

#A59023 #D3B933 #DECA65 #E9DB97 #F4EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DECA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA65

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA65	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd994',
    500: '#deca65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca65;
$custom-light: #ebd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83545,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA65

secondary

#3F51A8

accent

#37CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA65

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

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