#DEC15A#DEC15A

#DEC15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15A
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -1.78, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 54.60, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0081 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0418, 54.4102, 17.4846)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15A #5A77DE

analogous

#DE7F5A #DEC15A #B9DE5A

triadic

#DEC15A #5ADEC1 #C15ADE

tetradic

#DEC15A #5ADE7F #5A77DE #DE5AB9

square

#DEC15A #5ADE7F #5A77DE #DE5AB9

split-complementary

#DEC15A #5AB9DE #7F5ADE

monochromatic

#9E8220 #D1AC2A #DEC15A #E8D48D #F2E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DEC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15A	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)

#D3BE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38c',
    500: '#dec15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15a;
$custom-light: #ebd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81584,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15A

secondary

#3B51A1

accent

#3FCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15A

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

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