#DEC15C#DEC15C

#DEC15C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15C
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -1.64, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 53.69, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0075 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1281, 54.4447, 17.9389)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15C #5C79DE

analogous

#DE805C #DEC15C #BADE5C

triadic

#DEC15C #5CDEC1 #C15CDE

tetradic

#DEC15C #5CDE80 #5C79DE #DE5CBA

square

#DEC15C #5CDE80 #5C79DE #DE5CBA

split-complementary

#DEC15C #5CBADE #805CDE

monochromatic

#9F8320 #D2AD2B #DEC15C #E8D48F #F3E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DEC15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15C

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15C	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)

#D3BE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38d',
    500: '#dec15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15c;
$custom-light: #ebd38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81606,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15C

secondary

#3C53A3

accent

#40CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15C

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

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