#DEC559#DEC559

#DEC559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.130 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC559
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -3.92, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 56.30, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0144 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.13 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8958, 56.1858, 17.5607)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC559 #5972DE

analogous

#DE8259 #DEC559 #B4DE59

triadic

#DEC559 #59DEC5 #C559DE

tetradic

#DEC559 #59DE82 #5972DE #DE59B4

square

#DEC559 #59DE82 #5972DE #DE59B4

split-complementary

#DEC559 #59B4DE #8259DE

monochromatic

#9D861F #D0B129 #DEC559 #E8D78C #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC559

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC559	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.130 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68c',
    500: '#dec559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec559;
$custom-light: #ebd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82387,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC559

secondary

#3A4EA1

accent

#39CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC559

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

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