#DEC55F#DEC55F

#DEC55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.125 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC55F
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -3.49, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 53.60, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0125 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.125 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1581, 56.2907, 18.9421)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC55F #5F78DE

analogous

#DE865F #DEC55F #B8DE5F

triadic

#DEC55F #5FDEC5 #C55FDE

tetradic

#DEC55F #5FDE86 #5F78DE #DE5FB8

square

#DEC55F #5FDE86 #5F78DE #DE5FB8

split-complementary

#DEC55F #5FB8DE #865FDE

monochromatic

#A18821 #D4B32C #DEC55F #E8D792 #F3EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC55F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC55F	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.125 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68f',
    500: '#dec55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec55f;
$custom-light: #ebd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82453,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC55F

secondary

#3D51A4

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC55F

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

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