#DEC05A#DEC05A

#DEC05A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.126 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05A
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -1.26, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 54.29, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0066 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.126 93)
XYZ	xyz(50.8215, 53.9696, 17.4111)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05A #5A78DE

analogous

#DE7E5A #DEC05A #BADE5A

triadic

#DEC05A #5ADEC0 #C05ADE

tetradic

#DEC05A #5ADE7E #5A78DE #DE5ABA

square

#DEC05A #5ADE7E #5A78DE #DE5ABA

split-complementary

#DEC05A #5ABADE #7E5ADE

monochromatic

#9E8120 #D1AB2A #DEC05A #E8D38D #F2E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DEC05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05A	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)

#D2BD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.126 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28c',
    500: '#dec05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05a;
$custom-light: #ebd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81381,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.53967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05A

secondary

#3B52A1

accent

#41CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05A

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

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