#DECD61#DECD61

#DECD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD61
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -7.44, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 55.46, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0236 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1151, 60.0574, 20.0487)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD61 #6172DE

analogous

#DE8E61 #DECD61 #B0DE61

triadic

#DECD61 #61DECD #CD61DE

tetradic

#DECD61 #61DE8E #6172DE #DE61B0

square

#DECD61 #61DE8E #6172DE #DE61B0

split-complementary

#DECD61 #61B0DE #8E61DE

monochromatic

#A39122 #D3BD2E #DECD61 #E9DD94 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DECD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD61

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD61	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc91',
    500: '#decd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd61;
$custom-light: #ebdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84115,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD61

secondary

#3E4CA6

accent

#31CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD61

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

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