#DECA66#DECA66

#DECA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA66
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -5.52, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 52.09, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0175 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6449, 58.7321, 21.0785)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA66 #667ADE

analogous

#DE8E66 #DECA66 #B6DE66

triadic

#DECA66 #66DECA #CA66DE

tetradic

#DECA66 #66DE8E #667ADE #DE66B6

square

#DECA66 #66DE8E #667ADE #DE66B6

split-complementary

#DECA66 #66B6DE #8E66DE

monochromatic

#A69024 #D3B934 #DECA66 #E9DB98 #F4EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DECA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA66

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA66	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd994',
    500: '#deca66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca66;
$custom-light: #ebd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83557,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA66

secondary

#4051A9

accent

#37CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA66

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

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