#DEC453#DEC453

#DEC453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC453
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -3.80, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 58.61, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0148 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4277, 55.6365, 16.2120)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC453 #536DDE

analogous

#DE7F53 #DEC453 #B3DE53

triadic

#DEC453 #53DEC4 #C453DE

tetradic

#DEC453 #53DE7F #536DDE #DE53B3

square

#DEC453 #53DE7F #536DDE #DE53B3

split-complementary

#DEC453 #53B3DE #7F53DE

monochromatic

#99821D #CDAE27 #DEC453 #E8D686 #F2E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DEC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC453

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC453	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd588',
    500: '#dec453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec453;
$custom-light: #ebd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC453

secondary

#384B9D

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC453

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

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