#DEC15B#DEC15B

#DEC15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15B
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -1.71, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 54.15, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0078 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.126 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0847, 54.4274, 17.7102)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15B #5B78DE

analogous

#DE805B #DEC15B #B9DE5B

triadic

#DEC15B #5BDEC1 #C15BDE

tetradic

#DEC15B #5BDE80 #5B78DE #DE5BB9

square

#DEC15B #5BDE80 #5B78DE #DE5BB9

split-complementary

#DEC15B #5BB9DE #805BDE

monochromatic

#9F8320 #D2AD2A #DEC15B #E8D48E #F3E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DEC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15B

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15B	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38d',
    500: '#dec15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15b;
$custom-light: #ebd38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81595,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15B

secondary

#3B52A2

accent

#40CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15B

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

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