#DEC15D#DEC15D

#DEC15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.124 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15D
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -1.56, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 53.24, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0072 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.124 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1721, 54.4623, 18.1707)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15D #5D7ADE

analogous

#DE815D #DEC15D #BADE5D

triadic

#DEC15D #5DDEC1 #C15DDE

tetradic

#DEC15D #5DDE81 #5D7ADE #DE5DBA

square

#DEC15D #5DDE81 #5D7ADE #DE5DBA

split-complementary

#DEC15D #5DBADE #815DDE

monochromatic

#A08321 #D3AD2B #DEC15D #E8D490 #F3E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DEC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15D

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15D	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)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.124 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38e',
    500: '#dec15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15d;
$custom-light: #ebd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81618,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15D

secondary

#3C53A3

accent

#41CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15D

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

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