#DEC05D#DEC05D

#DEC05D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05D
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -1.04, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 52.93, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0057 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.123 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9518, 54.0217, 18.0972)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05D #5D7BDE

analogous

#DE805D #DEC05D #BBDE5D

triadic

#DEC05D #5DDEC0 #C05DDE

tetradic

#DEC05D #5DDE80 #5D7BDE #DE5DBB

square

#DEC05D #5DDE80 #5D7BDE #DE5DBB

split-complementary

#DEC05D #5DBBDE #805DDE

monochromatic

#A08221 #D3AC2B #DEC05D #E8D490 #F3E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DEC05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05D

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05D	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)

#D2BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28e',
    500: '#dec05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05d;
$custom-light: #ebd28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81415,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05D

secondary

#3C54A3

accent

#42CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05D

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

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