#DEC051#DEC051

#DEC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC051
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -1.86, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 58.26, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0094 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.133 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4614, 53.8256, 15.5144)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC051 #516FDE

analogous

#DE7A51 #DEC051 #B6DE51

triadic

#DEC051 #51DEC0 #C051DE

tetradic

#DEC051 #51DE7A #516FDE #DE51B6

square

#DEC051 #51DE7A #516FDE #DE51B6

split-complementary

#DEC051 #51B6DE #7A51DE

monochromatic

#987E1D #CBA827 #DEC051 #E8D384 #F2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DEC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC051

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC051	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd286',
    500: '#dec051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec051;
$custom-light: #ecd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81288,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC051

secondary

#374D9C

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC051

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

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