#DECC65#DECC65

#DECC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC65
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -6.62, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 53.27, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0208 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0679, 59.6570, 20.9763)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC65 #6577DE

analogous

#DE8F65 #DECC65 #B4DE65

triadic

#DECC65 #65DECC #CC65DE

tetradic

#DECC65 #65DE8F #6577DE #DE65B4

square

#DECC65 #65DE8F #6577DE #DE65B4

split-complementary

#DECC65 #65B4DE #8F65DE

monochromatic

#A59223 #D3BB33 #DECC65 #E9DD97 #F4EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DECC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC65

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC65	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb94',
    500: '#decc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc65;
$custom-light: #ebdb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC65

secondary

#3F4FA8

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC65

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

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