#DEC053#DEC053

#DEC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC053
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -1.73, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 57.39, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0088 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5375, 53.8560, 15.9152)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC053 #5371DE

analogous

#DE7A53 #DEC053 #B7DE53

triadic

#DEC053 #53DEC0 #C053DE

tetradic

#DEC053 #53DE7A #5371DE #DE53B7

square

#DEC053 #53DE7A #5371DE #DE53B7

split-complementary

#DEC053 #53B7DE #7A53DE

monochromatic

#997E1D #CDA927 #DEC053 #E8D386 #F2E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#DEC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC053

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC053	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd288',
    500: '#dec053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec053;
$custom-light: #ecd288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC053

secondary

#384E9D

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC053

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

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