#DECA69#DECA69

#DECA69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.120 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA69
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -5.27, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 50.68, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0165 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.12 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7964, 58.7927, 21.8763)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA69 #697DDE

analogous

#DE9069 #DECA69 #B7DE69

triadic

#DECA69 #69DECA #CA69DE

tetradic

#DECA69 #69DE90 #697DDE #DE69B7

square

#DECA69 #69DE90 #697DDE #DE69B7

split-complementary

#DECA69 #69B7DE #9069DE

monochromatic

#A89125 #D3B837 #DECA69 #E9DC9B #F4EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DECA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA69

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA69	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.120 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd996',
    500: '#deca69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca69;
$custom-light: #ebd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83595,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA69

secondary

#4153AA

accent

#38CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA69

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

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