#DEC351#DEC351

#DEC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC351
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -3.41, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 59.16, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0139 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1268, 55.1564, 15.7362)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC351 #516CDE

analogous

#DE7D51 #DEC351 #B2DE51

triadic

#DEC351 #51DEC3 #C351DE

tetradic

#DEC351 #51DE7D #516CDE #DE51B2

square

#DEC351 #51DE7D #516CDE #DE51B2

split-complementary

#DEC351 #51B2DE #7D51DE

monochromatic

#98801D #CBAC27 #DEC351 #E8D584 #F2E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DEC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC351

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC351	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd487',
    500: '#dec351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec351;
$custom-light: #ecd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC351

secondary

#374B9C

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC351

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

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