#DEC15E#DEC15E

#DEC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15E
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -1.49, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 52.78, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0068 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2167, 54.4802, 18.4055)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15E #5E7BDE

analogous

#DE815E #DEC15E #BBDE5E

triadic

#DEC15E #5EDEC1 #C15EDE

tetradic

#DEC15E #5EDE81 #5E7BDE #DE5EBB

square

#DEC15E #5EDE81 #5E7BDE #DE5EBB

split-complementary

#DEC15E #5EBBDE #815EDE

monochromatic

#A18421 #D3AD2B #DEC15E #E8D591 #F3E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DEC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15E	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38f',
    500: '#dec15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15e;
$custom-light: #ebd38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81629,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15E

secondary

#3C54A4

accent

#41CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15E

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

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