#DEC35B#DEC35B

#DEC35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.127 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC35B
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -2.75, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 54.77, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0108 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.127 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5298, 55.3176, 17.8586)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC35B #5B76DE

analogous

#DE825B #DEC35B #B7DE5B

triadic

#DEC35B #5BDEC3 #C35BDE

tetradic

#DEC35B #5BDE82 #5B76DE #DE5BB7

square

#DEC35B #5BDE82 #5B76DE #DE5BB7

split-complementary

#DEC35B #5BB7DE #825BDE

monochromatic

#9F8520 #D2AF2A #DEC35B #E8D68E #F3E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DEC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC35B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC35B	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)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.127 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48d',
    500: '#dec35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec35b;
$custom-light: #ebd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82001,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC35B

secondary

#3B50A2

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC35B

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

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