#DEC550#DEC550

#DEC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC550
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -4.50, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 60.21, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0172 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5407, 56.0437, 15.6906)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC550 #5069DE

analogous

#DE7E50 #DEC550 #B0DE50

triadic

#DEC550 #50DEC5 #C550DE

tetradic

#DEC550 #50DE7E #5069DE #DE50B0

square

#DEC550 #50DE7E #5069DE #DE50B0

split-complementary

#DEC550 #50B0DE #7E50DE

monochromatic

#97821C #CBAE26 #DEC550 #E8D683 #F1E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC550

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC550	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd686',
    500: '#dec550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec550;
$custom-light: #ecd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82297,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC550

secondary

#37499B

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC550

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

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