#DEC355#DEC355

#DEC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC355
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -3.16, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 57.43, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0127 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2812, 55.2182, 16.5496)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC355 #5570DE

analogous

#DE7E55 #DEC355 #B5DE55

triadic

#DEC355 #55DEC3 #C355DE

tetradic

#DEC355 #55DE7E #5570DE #DE55B5

square

#DEC355 #55DE7E #5570DE #DE55B5

split-complementary

#DEC355 #55B5DE #7E55DE

monochromatic

#9B821E #CEAD28 #DEC355 #E8D588 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DEC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC355

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC355	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd489',
    500: '#dec355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec355;
$custom-light: #ebd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC355

secondary

#394D9E

accent

#3BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC355

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

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