#DEC455#DEC455

#DEC455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC455
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -3.67, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 57.75, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0142 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5061, 55.6678, 16.6245)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC455 #556FDE

analogous

#DE7F55 #DEC455 #B4DE55

triadic

#DEC455 #55DEC4 #C455DE

tetradic

#DEC455 #55DE7F #556FDE #DE55B4

square

#DEC455 #55DE7F #556FDE #DE55B4

split-complementary

#DEC455 #55B4DE #7F55DE

monochromatic

#9B831E #CEAE28 #DEC455 #E8D688 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DEC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC455

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC455	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)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd589',
    500: '#dec455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec455;
$custom-light: #ebd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82141,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC455

secondary

#394C9E

accent

#39CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC455

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

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