#DEC554#DEC554

#DEC554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC554
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -4.25, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 58.50, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.016 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6929, 56.1046, 16.4922)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC554 #546DDE

analogous

#DE8054 #DEC554 #B2DE54

triadic

#DEC554 #54DEC5 #C554DE

tetradic

#DEC554 #54DE80 #546DDE #DE54B2

square

#DEC554 #54DE80 #546DDE #DE54B2

split-complementary

#DEC554 #54B2DE #8054DE

monochromatic

#9A831E #CDAF28 #DEC554 #E8D687 #F2E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEC554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC554

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC554	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)

#D7C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd689',
    500: '#dec554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec554;
$custom-light: #ebd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82335,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC554

secondary

#384B9E

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC554

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

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