#DEC45B#DEC45B

#DEC45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45B
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -3.26, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 55.09, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0123 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7546, 55.7672, 17.9335)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45B #5B75DE

analogous

#DE835B #DEC45B #B6DE5B

triadic

#DEC45B #5BDEC4 #C45BDE

tetradic

#DEC45B #5BDE83 #5B75DE #DE5BB6

square

#DEC45B #5BDE83 #5B75DE #DE5BB6

split-complementary

#DEC45B #5BB6DE #835BDE

monochromatic

#9F8620 #D2B02A #DEC45B #E8D68E #F3E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DEC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45B	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)

#D6C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58d',
    500: '#dec45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45b;
$custom-light: #ebd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82204,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45B

secondary

#3B50A2

accent

#3BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45B

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

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