#DEC651#DEC651

#DEC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC651
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -4.96, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 60.10, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0184 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8057, 56.5143, 15.9625)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC651 #5169DE

analogous

#DE8051 #DEC651 #B0DE51

triadic

#DEC651 #51DEC6 #C651DE

tetradic

#DEC651 #51DE80 #5169DE #DE51B0

square

#DEC651 #51DE80 #5169DE #DE51B0

split-complementary

#DEC651 #51B0DE #8051DE

monochromatic

#98831D #CBAF27 #DEC651 #E8D784 #F2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC651

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC651	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd787',
    500: '#dec651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec651;
$custom-light: #ecd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82511,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC651

secondary

#37489C

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC651

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

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