#DEC655#DEC655

#DEC655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC655
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -4.70, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 58.39, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0171 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9602, 56.5760, 16.7759)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC655 #556DDE

analogous

#DE8155 #DEC655 #B2DE55

triadic

#DEC655 #55DEC6 #C655DE

tetradic

#DEC655 #55DE81 #556DDE #DE55B2

square

#DEC655 #55DE81 #556DDE #DE55B2

split-complementary

#DEC655 #55B2DE #8155DE

monochromatic

#9B851E #CEB128 #DEC655 #E8D788 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DEC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC655

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC655	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd789',
    500: '#dec655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec655;
$custom-light: #ebd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8255,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC655

secondary

#394B9E

accent

#37CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC655

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

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