#DEC35C#DEC35C

#DEC35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.126 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC35C
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -2.67, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 54.32, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0105 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.126 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5732, 55.3350, 18.0873)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC35C #5C77DE

analogous

#DE825C #DEC35C #B8DE5C

triadic

#DEC35C #5CDEC3 #C35CDE

tetradic

#DEC35C #5CDE82 #5C77DE #DE5CB8

square

#DEC35C #5CDE82 #5C77DE #DE5CB8

split-complementary

#DEC35C #5CB8DE #825CDE

monochromatic

#9F8520 #D2AF2B #DEC35C #E8D68F #F3E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DEC35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC35C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC35C	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.126 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48d',
    500: '#dec35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec35c;
$custom-light: #ebd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82012,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC35C

secondary

#3C51A3

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC35C

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

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