#DEC25E#DEC25E

#DEC25E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.124 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC25E
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -2.01, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 53.09, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0083 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.124 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4385, 54.9238, 18.4794)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC25E #5E7ADE

analogous

#DE825E #DEC25E #BADE5E

triadic

#DEC25E #5EDEC2 #C25EDE

tetradic

#DEC25E #5EDE82 #5E7ADE #DE5EBA

square

#DEC25E #5EDE82 #5E7ADE #DE5EBA

split-complementary

#DEC25E #5EBADE #825EDE

monochromatic

#A18521 #D3AF2B #DEC25E #E8D591 #F3E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DEC25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC25E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC25E	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)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.124 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48f',
    500: '#dec25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec25e;
$custom-light: #ebd48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81832,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC25E

secondary

#3C53A4

accent

#40CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC25E

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

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