#DEC055#DEC055

#DEC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.130 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC055
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -1.60, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 56.52, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0082 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.13 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6158, 53.8873, 16.3278)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC055 #5573DE

analogous

#DE7B55 #DEC055 #B8DE55

triadic

#DEC055 #55DEC0 #C055DE

tetradic

#DEC055 #55DE7B #5573DE #DE55B8

square

#DEC055 #55DE7B #5573DE #DE55B8

split-complementary

#DEC055 #55B8DE #7B55DE

monochromatic

#9B7F1E #CEAA28 #DEC055 #E8D388 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DEC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC055

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC055	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.130 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#dec055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec055;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81328,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC055

secondary

#394F9E

accent

#3FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC055

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

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