#DEC159#DEC159

#DEC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.127 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC159
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -1.85, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 55.05, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0085 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.127 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9996, 54.3933, 17.2619)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC159 #5976DE

analogous

#DE7E59 #DEC159 #B8DE59

triadic

#DEC159 #59DEC1 #C159DE

tetradic

#DEC159 #59DE7E #5976DE #DE59B8

square

#DEC159 #59DE7E #5976DE #DE59B8

split-complementary

#DEC159 #59B8DE #7E59DE

monochromatic

#9D821F #D0AC29 #DEC159 #E8D48C #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DEC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC159

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC159	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.127 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38b',
    500: '#dec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec159;
$custom-light: #ebd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81573,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC159

secondary

#3A51A1

accent

#3FCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC159

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

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