#DEC35D#DEC35D

#DEC35D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.125 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC35D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -2.60, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 53.87, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0102 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.125 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6172, 55.3526, 18.3191)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC35D #5D78DE

analogous

#DE835D #DEC35D #B9DE5D

triadic

#DEC35D #5DDEC3 #C35DDE

tetradic

#DEC35D #5DDE83 #5D78DE #DE5DB9

square

#DEC35D #5DDE83 #5D78DE #DE5DB9

split-complementary

#DEC35D #5DB9DE #835DDE

monochromatic

#A08521 #D3B02B #DEC35D #E8D690 #F3E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DEC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC35D

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC35D	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)

#D5BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.125 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48e',
    500: '#dec35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec35d;
$custom-light: #ebd48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82023,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC35D

secondary

#3C52A3

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC35D

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

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