#DEC558#DEC558

#DEC558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC558
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -3.99, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 56.75, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0147 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.131 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8541, 56.1691, 17.3410)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC558 #5871DE

analogous

#DE8258 #DEC558 #B4DE58

triadic

#DEC558 #58DEC5 #C558DE

tetradic

#DEC558 #58DE82 #5871DE #DE58B4

square

#DEC558 #58DE82 #5871DE #DE58B4

split-complementary

#DEC558 #58B4DE #8258DE

monochromatic

#9D851F #D0B129 #DEC558 #E8D78B #F2E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEC558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC558

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC558	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)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.131 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68b',
    500: '#dec558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec558;
$custom-light: #ebd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82376,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC558

secondary

#3A4DA0

accent

#39CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC558

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

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