#DEC253#DEC253

#DEC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC253
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -2.77, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 57.99, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0118 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9796, 54.7402, 16.0626)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC253 #536FDE

analogous

#DE7D53 #DEC253 #B4DE53

triadic

#DEC253 #53DEC2 #C253DE

tetradic

#DEC253 #53DE7D #536FDE #DE53B4

square

#DEC253 #53DE7D #536FDE #DE53B4

split-complementary

#DEC253 #53B4DE #7D53DE

monochromatic

#99801D #CDAB27 #DEC253 #E8D486 #F2E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DEC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC253

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC253	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd488',
    500: '#dec253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec253;
$custom-light: #ecd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81714,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC253

secondary

#384C9D

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC253

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

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