#DEC359#DEC359

#DEC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC359
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -2.89, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 55.67, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0115 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.129 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4447, 55.2835, 17.4103)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC359 #5974DE

analogous

#DE8059 #DEC359 #B6DE59

triadic

#DEC359 #59DEC3 #C359DE

tetradic

#DEC359 #59DE80 #5974DE #DE59B6

square

#DEC359 #59DE80 #5974DE #DE59B6

split-complementary

#DEC359 #59B6DE #8059DE

monochromatic

#9D841F #D0AE29 #DEC359 #E8D58C #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DEC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC359

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC359	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.129 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48c',
    500: '#dec359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec359;
$custom-light: #ebd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81979,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC359

secondary

#3A4FA1

accent

#3CCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC359

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

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