#DEC05B#DEC05B

#DEC05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.125 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05B
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -1.19, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 53.84, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0063 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.125 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8644, 53.9867, 17.6368)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05B #5B79DE

analogous

#DE7F5B #DEC05B #BADE5B

triadic

#DEC05B #5BDEC0 #C05BDE

tetradic

#DEC05B #5BDE7F #5B79DE #DE5BBA

square

#DEC05B #5BDE7F #5B79DE #DE5BBA

split-complementary

#DEC05B #5BBADE #7F5BDE

monochromatic

#9F8220 #D2AB2A #DEC05B #E8D48E #F3E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DEC05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05B	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.125 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28d',
    500: '#dec05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05b;
$custom-light: #ebd28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81393,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05B

secondary

#3B53A2

accent

#41CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05B

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

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