#DECD65#DECD65

#DECD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD65
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -7.13, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 53.63, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0223 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3063, 60.1339, 21.0558)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD65 #6576DE

analogous

#DE9065 #DECD65 #B2DE65

triadic

#DECD65 #65DECD #CD65DE

tetradic

#DECD65 #65DE90 #6576DE #DE65B2

square

#DECD65 #65DE90 #6576DE #DE65B2

split-complementary

#DECD65 #65B2DE #9065DE

monochromatic

#A59323 #D3BD33 #DECD65 #E9DD97 #F4EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#DECD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD65

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD65	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc94',
    500: '#decd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd65;
$custom-light: #ebdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD65

secondary

#3F4EA8

accent

#32CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD65

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

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