#DECA68#DECA68

#DECA68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA68
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -5.36, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 51.15, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0169 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(53.7453, 58.7723, 21.6072)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA68 #687CDE

analogous

#DE8F68 #DECA68 #B7DE68

triadic

#DECA68 #68DECA #CA68DE

tetradic

#DECA68 #68DE8F #687CDE #DE68B7

square

#DECA68 #68DE8F #687CDE #DE68B7

split-complementary

#DECA68 #68B7DE #8F68DE

monochromatic

#A79125 #D3B836 #DECA68 #E9DC9A #F4EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DECA68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA68

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA68	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)

#DAC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd996',
    500: '#deca68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca68;
$custom-light: #ebd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83582,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.5877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA68

secondary

#4152AA

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA68

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

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