#DEC25B#DEC25B

#DEC25B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC25B
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -2.23, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 54.46, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0093 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.126 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3065, 54.8710, 17.7842)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC25B #5B77DE

analogous

#DE815B #DEC25B #B8DE5B

triadic

#DEC25B #5BDEC2 #C25BDE

tetradic

#DEC25B #5BDE81 #5B77DE #DE5BB8

square

#DEC25B #5BDE81 #5B77DE #DE5BB8

split-complementary

#DEC25B #5BB8DE #815BDE

monochromatic

#9F8420 #D2AE2A #DEC25B #E8D58E #F3E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DEC25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC25B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC25B	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)

#D4BF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.126 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48d',
    500: '#dec25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec25b;
$custom-light: #ebd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC25B

secondary

#3B51A2

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC25B

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

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