#DEC552#DEC552

#DEC552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC552
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -4.38, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 59.36, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0166 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.6157, 56.0737, 16.0855)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC552 #526BDE

analogous

#DE7F52 #DEC552 #B1DE52

triadic

#DEC552 #52DEC5 #C552DE

tetradic

#DEC552 #52DE7F #526BDE #DE52B1

square

#DEC552 #52DE7F #526BDE #DE52B1

split-complementary

#DEC552 #52B1DE #7F52DE

monochromatic

#99821D #CCAE27 #DEC552 #E8D685 #F2E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC552

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC552	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)

#D7C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd687',
    500: '#dec552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec552;
$custom-light: #ecd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82316,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.56071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC552

secondary

#384A9D

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC552

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

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