#DEC056#DEC056

#DEC056 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC056
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -1.54, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 56.08, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0079 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6558, 53.9033, 16.5385)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC056 #5674DE

analogous

#DE7C56 #DEC056 #B8DE56

triadic

#DEC056 #56DEC0 #C056DE

tetradic

#DEC056 #56DE7C #5674DE #DE56B8

square

#DEC056 #56DE7C #5674DE #DE56B8

split-complementary

#DEC056 #56B8DE #7C56DE

monochromatic

#9B801E #CEAA28 #DEC056 #E8D389 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DEC056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC056

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC056	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)

#D2BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#dec056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec056;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81338,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC056

secondary

#39509F

accent

#3FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC056

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

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