#DEC258#DEC258

#DEC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC258
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -2.44, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 55.80, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0103 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1797, 54.8203, 17.1162)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC258 #5874DE

analogous

#DE7F58 #DEC258 #B7DE58

triadic

#DEC258 #58DEC2 #C258DE

tetradic

#DEC258 #58DE7F #5874DE #DE58B7

square

#DEC258 #58DE7F #5874DE #DE58B7

split-complementary

#DEC258 #58B7DE #7F58DE

monochromatic

#9D821F #D0AD29 #DEC258 #E8D58B #F2E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DEC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC258

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC258	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)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48b',
    500: '#dec258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec258;
$custom-light: #ebd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC258

secondary

#3A4FA0

accent

#3DCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC258

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

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