#DEC557#DEC557

#DEC557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC557
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -4.05, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 57.19, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0151 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.132 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8129, 56.1526, 17.1243)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC557 #5770DE

analogous

#DE8157 #DEC557 #B3DE57

triadic

#DEC557 #57DEC5 #C557DE

tetradic

#DEC557 #57DE81 #5770DE #DE57B3

square

#DEC557 #57DE81 #5770DE #DE57B3

split-complementary

#DEC557 #57B3DE #8157DE

monochromatic

#9C851F #CFB029 #DEC557 #E8D78A #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC557

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC557	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.132 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68a',
    500: '#dec557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec557;
$custom-light: #ebd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82366,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC557

secondary

#3A4CA0

accent

#39CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC557

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

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