#DEC657#DEC657

#DEC657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC657
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -4.57, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 57.51, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0165 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0408, 56.6083, 17.2003)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC657 #576FDE

analogous

#DE8257 #DEC657 #B3DE57

triadic

#DEC657 #57DEC6 #C657DE

tetradic

#DEC657 #57DE82 #576FDE #DE57B3

square

#DEC657 #57DE82 #576FDE #DE57B3

split-complementary

#DEC657 #57B3DE #8257DE

monochromatic

#9C861F #CFB229 #DEC657 #E8D78A #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DEC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC657

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC657	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78a',
    500: '#dec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec657;
$custom-light: #ebd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8257,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC657

secondary

#3A4CA0

accent

#37CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC657

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

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