#DEC457#DEC457

#DEC457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC457
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -3.54, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 56.87, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0136 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5866, 55.7000, 17.0489)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC457 #5771DE

analogous

#DE8057 #DEC457 #B5DE57

triadic

#DEC457 #57DEC4 #C457DE

tetradic

#DEC457 #57DE80 #5771DE #DE57B5

square

#DEC457 #57DE80 #5771DE #DE57B5

split-complementary

#DEC457 #57B5DE #8057DE

monochromatic

#9C841F #CFAF29 #DEC457 #E8D68A #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DEC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC457

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC457	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58a',
    500: '#dec457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec457;
$custom-light: #ebd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC457

secondary

#3A4DA0

accent

#3ACF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC457

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

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