#DEC155#DEC155

#DEC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC155
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -2.12, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 56.82, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0097 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.131 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8361, 54.3279, 16.4012)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC155 #5572DE

analogous

#DE7C55 #DEC155 #B7DE55

triadic

#DEC155 #55DEC1 #C155DE

tetradic

#DEC155 #55DE7C #5572DE #DE55B7

square

#DEC155 #55DE7C #5572DE #DE55B7

split-complementary

#DEC155 #55B7DE #7C55DE

monochromatic

#9B801E #CEAB28 #DEC155 #E8D488 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DEC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC155

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC155	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd389',
    500: '#dec155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec155;
$custom-light: #ebd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81531,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC155

secondary

#394E9E

accent

#3DCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC155

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

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