#DEC556#DEC556

#DEC556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC556
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -4.12, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 57.63, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0154 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7724, 56.1364, 16.9107)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC556 #566FDE

analogous

#DE8156 #DEC556 #B3DE56

triadic

#DEC556 #56DEC5 #C556DE

tetradic

#DEC556 #56DE81 #566FDE #DE56B3

square

#DEC556 #56DE81 #566FDE #DE56B3

split-complementary

#DEC556 #56B3DE #8156DE

monochromatic

#9B841E #CEB028 #DEC556 #E8D789 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC556

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC556	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68a',
    500: '#dec556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec556;
$custom-light: #ebd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82355,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC556

secondary

#394C9F

accent

#38CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC556

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

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