#DEC555#DEC555

#DEC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC555
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -4.19, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 58.06, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0157 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7324, 56.1204, 16.7000)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC555 #556EDE

analogous

#DE8055 #DEC555 #B3DE55

triadic

#DEC555 #55DEC5 #C555DE

tetradic

#DEC555 #55DE80 #556EDE #DE55B3

square

#DEC555 #55DE80 #556EDE #DE55B3

split-complementary

#DEC555 #55B3DE #8055DE

monochromatic

#9B841E #CEB028 #DEC555 #E8D688 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC555

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC555	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd689',
    500: '#dec555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec555;
$custom-light: #ebd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82345,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC555

secondary

#394B9E

accent

#38CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC555

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

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