#DEC35E#DEC35E

#DEC35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC35E
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -2.53, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 53.41, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0098 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6618, 55.3704, 18.5538)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC35E #5E79DE

analogous

#DE835E #DEC35E #B9DE5E

triadic

#DEC35E #5EDEC3 #C35EDE

tetradic

#DEC35E #5EDE83 #5E79DE #DE5EB9

square

#DEC35E #5EDE83 #5E79DE #DE5EB9

split-complementary

#DEC35E #5EB9DE #835EDE

monochromatic

#A18621 #D3B02B #DEC35E #E8D691 #F3E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DEC35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC35E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC35E	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)

#D5BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48f',
    500: '#dec35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec35e;
$custom-light: #ebd48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82035,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC35E

secondary

#3C52A4

accent

#3ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC35E

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

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