#DEC55C#DEC55C

#DEC55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -3.71, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 54.96, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0135 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.128 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0243, 56.2372, 18.2377)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55C #5C75DE

analogous

#DE845C #DEC55C #B6DE5C

triadic

#DEC55C #5CDEC5 #C55CDE

tetradic

#DEC55C #5CDE84 #5C75DE #DE5CB6

square

#DEC55C #5CDE84 #5C75DE #DE5CB6

split-complementary

#DEC55C #5CB6DE #845CDE

monochromatic

#9F8720 #D2B22B #DEC55C #E8D78F #F3E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55C	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.128 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68e',
    500: '#dec55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55c;
$custom-light: #ebd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55C

secondary

#3C4FA3

accent

#3ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55C

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

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