#DEC059#DEC059

#DEC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC059
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -1.33, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 54.74, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.007 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.127 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7792, 53.9527, 17.1885)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC059 #5977DE

analogous

#DE7D59 #DEC059 #B9DE59

triadic

#DEC059 #59DEC0 #C059DE

tetradic

#DEC059 #59DE7D #5977DE #DE59B9

square

#DEC059 #59DE7D #5977DE #DE59B9

split-complementary

#DEC059 #59B9DE #7D59DE

monochromatic

#9D811F #D0AB29 #DEC059 #E8D38C #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DEC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC059

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC059	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28b',
    500: '#dec059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec059;
$custom-light: #ebd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC059

secondary

#3A51A1

accent

#40CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC059

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

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