#DEC259#DEC259

#DEC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC259
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -2.37, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 55.35, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.01 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2214, 54.8369, 17.3358)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC259 #5975DE

analogous

#DE7F59 #DEC259 #B8DE59

triadic

#DEC259 #59DEC2 #C259DE

tetradic

#DEC259 #59DE7F #5975DE #DE59B8

square

#DEC259 #59DE7F #5975DE #DE59B8

split-complementary

#DEC259 #59B8DE #7F59DE

monochromatic

#9D831F #D0AD29 #DEC259 #E8D58C #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DEC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC259

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC259	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48b',
    500: '#dec259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec259;
$custom-light: #ebd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC259

secondary

#3A50A1

accent

#3ECF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC259

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

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