#DEC15F#DEC15F

#DEC15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC15F
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -1.42, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 52.33, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0065 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2619, 54.4982, 18.6433)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC15F #5F7CDE

analogous

#DE825F #DEC15F #BCDE5F

triadic

#DEC15F #5FDEC1 #C15FDE

tetradic

#DEC15F #5FDE82 #5F7CDE #DE5FBC

square

#DEC15F #5FDE82 #5F7CDE #DE5FBC

split-complementary

#DEC15F #5FBCDE #825FDE

monochromatic

#A18421 #D4AD2C #DEC15F #E8D592 #F3E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DEC15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC15F

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC15F	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D3BE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38f',
    500: '#dec15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec15f;
$custom-light: #ebd38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81641,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC15F

secondary

#3D54A4

accent

#41CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC15F

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

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