#DEC55D#DEC55D

#DEC55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55D
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -3.63, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 54.51, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0131 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0683, 56.2548, 18.4694)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55D #5D76DE

analogous

#DE855D #DEC55D #B7DE5D

triadic

#DEC55D #5DDEC5 #C55DDE

tetradic

#DEC55D #5DDE85 #5D76DE #DE5DB7

square

#DEC55D #5DDE85 #5D76DE #DE5DB7

split-complementary

#DEC55D #5DB7DE #855DDE

monochromatic

#A08721 #D3B22B #DEC55D #E8D790 #F3E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55D	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)

#D7C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68e',
    500: '#dec55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55d;
$custom-light: #ebd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8243,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55D

secondary

#3C50A3

accent

#3BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55D

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

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