#DEC357#DEC357

#DEC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC357
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -3.02, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 56.55, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0121 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3618, 55.2504, 16.9740)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC357 #5772DE

analogous

#DE7F57 #DEC357 #B5DE57

triadic

#DEC357 #57DEC3 #C357DE

tetradic

#DEC357 #57DE7F #5772DE #DE57B5

square

#DEC357 #57DE7F #5772DE #DE57B5

split-complementary

#DEC357 #57B5DE #7F57DE

monochromatic

#9C831F #CFAE29 #DEC357 #E8D58A #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DEC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC357

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC357	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#dec357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec357;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81958,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC357

secondary

#3A4EA0

accent

#3BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC357

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

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