#DEC551#DEC551

#DEC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC551
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -4.44, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 59.78, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0169 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5779, 56.0586, 15.8866)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC551 #516ADE

analogous

#DE7F51 #DEC551 #B0DE51

triadic

#DEC551 #51DEC5 #C551DE

tetradic

#DEC551 #51DE7F #516ADE #DE51B0

square

#DEC551 #51DE7F #516ADE #DE51B0

split-complementary

#DEC551 #51B0DE #7F51DE

monochromatic

#98821D #CBAE27 #DEC551 #E8D684 #F2E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC551

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC551	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)

#D7C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd687',
    500: '#dec551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec551;
$custom-light: #ecd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82306,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC551

secondary

#37499C

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC551

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

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