#DEC05C#DEC05C

#DEC05C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05C
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -1.12, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 53.39, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.006 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.124 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9078, 54.0041, 17.8655)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05C #5C7ADE

analogous

#DE7F5C #DEC05C #BBDE5C

triadic

#DEC05C #5CDEC0 #C05CDE

tetradic

#DEC05C #5CDE7F #5C7ADE #DE5CBB

square

#DEC05C #5CDE7F #5C7ADE #DE5CBB

split-complementary

#DEC05C #5CBBDE #7F5CDE

monochromatic

#9F8220 #D2AC2B #DEC05C #E8D48F #F3E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DEC05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05C

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05C	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)

#D2BD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28d',
    500: '#dec05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05c;
$custom-light: #ebd28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81404,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05C

secondary

#3C53A3

accent

#42CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05C

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

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