#DEC156#DEC156

#DEC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC156
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -2.05, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 56.38, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0094 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.13 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8761, 54.3440, 16.6119)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC156 #5673DE

analogous

#DE7D56 #DEC156 #B7DE56

triadic

#DEC156 #56DEC1 #C156DE

tetradic

#DEC156 #56DE7D #5673DE #DE56B7

square

#DEC156 #56DE7D #5673DE #DE56B7

split-complementary

#DEC156 #56B7DE #7D56DE

monochromatic

#9B811E #CEAB28 #DEC156 #E8D489 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DEC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC156

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC156	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)

#D3BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38a',
    500: '#dec156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec156;
$custom-light: #ebd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC156

secondary

#394F9F

accent

#3ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC156

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

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