#DECC61#DECC61

#DECC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC61
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -6.93, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 55.10, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0222 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8767, 59.5805, 19.9692)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC61 #6173DE

analogous

#DE8D61 #DECC61 #B1DE61

triadic

#DECC61 #61DECC #CC61DE

tetradic

#DECC61 #61DE8D #6173DE #DE61B1

square

#DECC61 #61DE8D #6173DE #DE61B1

split-complementary

#DECC61 #61B1DE #8D61DE

monochromatic

#A39022 #D3BC2E #DECC61 #E9DC94 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#DECC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC61

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC61	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb91',
    500: '#decc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc61;
$custom-light: #ebdb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83909,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC61

secondary

#3E4DA6

accent

#32CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC61

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

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