#DEC05E#DEC05E

#DEC05E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05E
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -0.97, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 52.48, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0053 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.122 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9964, 54.0395, 18.3320)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05E #5E7CDE

analogous

#DE805E #DEC05E #BCDE5E

triadic

#DEC05E #5EDEC0 #C05EDE

tetradic

#DEC05E #5EDE80 #5E7CDE #DE5EBC

square

#DEC05E #5EDE80 #5E7CDE #DE5EBC

split-complementary

#DEC05E #5EBCDE #805EDE

monochromatic

#A18321 #D3AC2B #DEC05E #E8D491 #F3E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DEC05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28f',
    500: '#dec05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05e;
$custom-light: #ebd28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81427,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05E

secondary

#3C55A4

accent

#42CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05E

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

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