#DEC157#DEC157

#DEC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC157
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -1.99, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 55.94, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0091 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.129 94)
XYZ	xyz(50.9167, 54.3602, 16.8256)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC157 #5774DE

analogous

#DE7D57 #DEC157 #B7DE57

triadic

#DEC157 #57DEC1 #C157DE

tetradic

#DEC157 #57DE7D #5774DE #DE57B7

square

#DEC157 #57DE7D #5774DE #DE57B7

split-complementary

#DEC157 #57B7DE #7D57DE

monochromatic

#9C811F #CFAB29 #DEC157 #E8D48A #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DEC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC157

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC157	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)

#D3BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38a',
    500: '#dec157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec157;
$custom-light: #ebd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81552,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.54358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC157

secondary

#3A4FA0

accent

#3ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC157

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

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