#DEC251#DEC251

#DEC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC251
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -2.89, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 58.86, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0124 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9035, 54.7098, 15.6618)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC251 #516DDE

analogous

#DE7C51 #DEC251 #B4DE51

triadic

#DEC251 #51DEC2 #C251DE

tetradic

#DEC251 #51DE7C #516DDE #DE51B4

square

#DEC251 #51DE7C #516DDE #DE51B4

split-complementary

#DEC251 #51B4DE #7C51DE

monochromatic

#987F1D #CBAB27 #DEC251 #E8D484 #F2E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC251

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC251	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd487',
    500: '#dec251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec251;
$custom-light: #ecd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81694,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC251

secondary

#374B9C

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC251

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

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