#DEC55A#DEC55A

#DEC55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55A
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -3.85, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 55.86, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0141 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.129 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9381, 56.2027, 17.7833)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55A #5A73DE

analogous

#DE835A #DEC55A #B5DE5A

triadic

#DEC55A #5ADEC5 #C55ADE

tetradic

#DEC55A #5ADE83 #5A73DE #DE5AB5

square

#DEC55A #5ADE83 #5A73DE #DE5AB5

split-complementary

#DEC55A #5AB5DE #835ADE

monochromatic

#9E8620 #D1B12A #DEC55A #E8D78D #F2E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55A	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)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68c',
    500: '#dec55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55a;
$custom-light: #ebd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82397,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55A

secondary

#3B4EA1

accent

#3ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55A

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

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