#DEC459#DEC459

#DEC459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC459
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -3.40, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 55.98, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0129 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6695, 55.7332, 17.4852)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC459 #5973DE

analogous

#DE8159 #DEC459 #B5DE59

triadic

#DEC459 #59DEC4 #C459DE

tetradic

#DEC459 #59DE81 #5973DE #DE59B5

square

#DEC459 #59DE81 #5973DE #DE59B5

split-complementary

#DEC459 #59B5DE #8159DE

monochromatic

#9D851F #D0B029 #DEC459 #E8D68C #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DEC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC459

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC459	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58c',
    500: '#dec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec459;
$custom-light: #ebd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC459

secondary

#3A4EA1

accent

#3BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC459

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

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