#DEC057#DEC057

#DEC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC057
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -1.47, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 55.64, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0076 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6964, 53.9196, 16.7522)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC057 #5775DE

analogous

#DE7D57 #DEC057 #B8DE57

triadic

#DEC057 #57DEC0 #C057DE

tetradic

#DEC057 #57DE7D #5775DE #DE57B8

square

#DEC057 #57DE7D #5775DE #DE57B8

split-complementary

#DEC057 #57B8DE #7D57DE

monochromatic

#9C801F #CFAA29 #DEC057 #E8D38A #F2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#DEC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC057

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC057	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)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28a',
    500: '#dec057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec057;
$custom-light: #ebd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81349,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC057

secondary

#3A50A0

accent

#3FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC057

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

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