#DEC658#DEC658

#DEC658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC658
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -4.50, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 57.07, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0162 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0819, 56.6247, 17.4169)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC658 #5870DE

analogous

#DE8358 #DEC658 #B3DE58

triadic

#DEC658 #58DEC6 #C658DE

tetradic

#DEC658 #58DE83 #5870DE #DE58B3

square

#DEC658 #58DE83 #5870DE #DE58B3

split-complementary

#DEC658 #58B3DE #8358DE

monochromatic

#9D861F #D0B229 #DEC658 #E8D78B #F2E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DEC658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC658

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC658	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)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78b',
    500: '#dec658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec658;
$custom-light: #ebd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8258,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC658

secondary

#3A4CA0

accent

#38CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC658

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

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