#DEC05F#DEC05F

#DEC05F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC05F
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -0.90, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 52.02, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.005 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.121 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0415, 54.0576, 18.5699)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC05F #5F7DDE

analogous

#DE815F #DEC05F #BCDE5F

triadic

#DEC05F #5FDEC0 #C05FDE

tetradic

#DEC05F #5FDE81 #5F7DDE #DE5FBC

square

#DEC05F #5FDE81 #5F7DDE #DE5FBC

split-complementary

#DEC05F #5FBCDE #815FDE

monochromatic

#A18321 #D4AC2C #DEC05F #E8D492 #F3E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DEC05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC05F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC05F	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)

#D2BD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28f',
    500: '#dec05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec05f;
$custom-light: #ebd28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81439,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC05F

secondary

#3D55A4

accent

#43CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC05F

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

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