#DEC55B#DEC55B

#DEC55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55B
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -3.78, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 55.41, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0138 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9809, 56.2198, 18.0090)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55B #5B74DE

analogous

#DE845B #DEC55B #B5DE5B

triadic

#DEC55B #5BDEC5 #C55BDE

tetradic

#DEC55B #5BDE84 #5B74DE #DE5BB5

square

#DEC55B #5BDE84 #5B74DE #DE5BB5

split-complementary

#DEC55B #5BB5DE #845BDE

monochromatic

#9F8620 #D2B22A #DEC55B #E8D78E #F3E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DEC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55B	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)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68d',
    500: '#dec55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55b;
$custom-light: #ebd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82408,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55B

secondary

#3B4FA2

accent

#3ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55B

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

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