#DEC55E#DEC55E

#DEC55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.126 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55E
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -3.56, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 54.06, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0128 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.126 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1129, 56.2726, 18.7042)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55E #5E77DE

analogous

#DE855E #DEC55E #B7DE5E

triadic

#DEC55E #5EDEC5 #C55EDE

tetradic

#DEC55E #5EDE85 #5E77DE #DE5EB7

square

#DEC55E #5EDE85 #5E77DE #DE5EB7

split-complementary

#DEC55E #5EB7DE #855EDE

monochromatic

#A18821 #D3B32B #DEC55E #E8D791 #F3EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DEC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55E	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)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.126 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68f',
    500: '#dec55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55e;
$custom-light: #ebd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82442,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55E

secondary

#3C51A4

accent

#3BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55E

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

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