#DEC57A#DEC57A

#DEC57A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.099 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC57A
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 122)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 45%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -1.15, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 40.75, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0028 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.099 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6049, 56.8694, 26.5618)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC57A #7A93DE

analogous

#DE937A #DEC57A #C5DE7A

triadic

#DEC57A #7ADEC5 #C57ADE

tetradic

#DEC57A #7ADE93 #7A93DE #DE7AC5

square

#DEC57A #7ADE93 #7A93DE #DE7AC5

split-complementary

#DEC57A #7AC5DE #937ADE

monochromatic

#B2902C #D2B049 #DEC57A #EADAAB #F6F0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DEC57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC57A

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC57A	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.099 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a1',
    500: '#dec57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec57a;
$custom-light: #ead6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82817,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC57A

secondary

#4964B3

accent

#48C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC57A

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

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