#DEC553#DEC553

#DEC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC553
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -4.32, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 58.93, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0163 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6540, 56.0891, 16.2874)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC553 #536CDE

analogous

#DE8053 #DEC553 #B1DE53

triadic

#DEC553 #53DEC5 #C553DE

tetradic

#DEC553 #53DE80 #536CDE #DE53B1

square

#DEC553 #53DE80 #536CDE #DE53B1

split-complementary

#DEC553 #53B1DE #8053DE

monochromatic

#99831D #CDAF27 #DEC553 #E8D686 #F2E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC553

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC553	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd688',
    500: '#dec553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec553;
$custom-light: #ebd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82326,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC553

secondary

#384A9D

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC553

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

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