#DEC257#DEC257

#DEC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC257
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -2.51, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 56.24, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0106 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1385, 54.8038, 16.8995)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC257 #5773DE

analogous

#DE7F57 #DEC257 #B6DE57

triadic

#DEC257 #57DEC2 #C257DE

tetradic

#DEC257 #57DE7F #5773DE #DE57B6

square

#DEC257 #57DE7F #5773DE #DE57B6

split-complementary

#DEC257 #57B6DE #7F57DE

monochromatic

#9C821F #CFAD29 #DEC257 #E8D58A #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DEC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC257

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC257	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#dec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec257;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81755,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC257

secondary

#3A4FA0

accent

#3DCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC257

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

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