#DEC25C#DEC25C

#DEC25C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.125 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC25C
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -2.16, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 54.00, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.009 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.125 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3499, 54.8884, 18.0129)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC25C #5C78DE

analogous

#DE815C #DEC25C #B9DE5C

triadic

#DEC25C #5CDEC2 #C25CDE

tetradic

#DEC25C #5CDE81 #5C78DE #DE5CB9

square

#DEC25C #5CDE81 #5C78DE #DE5CB9

split-complementary

#DEC25C #5CB9DE #815CDE

monochromatic

#9F8420 #D2AE2B #DEC25C #E8D58F #F3E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC25C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DEC25C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC25C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC25C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC25C	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec25c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.125 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48d',
    500: '#dec25c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec25c;
$custom-light: #ebd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec25c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81809,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC25C

secondary

#3C52A3

accent

#3FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC25C

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

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