#DECE61#DECE61

#DECE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE61
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -7.95, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 55.82, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0251 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.131 101)
XYZ	xyz(54.3551, 60.5374, 20.1287)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE61 #6171DE

analogous

#DE8F61 #DECE61 #AFDE61

triadic

#DECE61 #61DECE #CE61DE

tetradic

#DECE61 #61DE8F #6171DE #DE61AF

square

#DECE61 #61DE8F #6171DE #DE61AF

split-complementary

#DECE61 #61AFDE #8F61DE

monochromatic

#A39222 #D3BE2E #DECE61 #E9DE94 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DECE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE61

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE61	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc91',
    500: '#dece61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece61;
$custom-light: #ebdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84321,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.60535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE61

secondary

#3E4BA6

accent

#2FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE61

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

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