#DEC659#DEC659

#DEC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.131 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC659
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -4.43, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 56.63, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0159 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.131 97)
XYZ	xyz(52.1236, 56.6414, 17.6366)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC659 #5971DE

analogous

#DE8359 #DEC659 #B3DE59

triadic

#DEC659 #59DEC6 #C659DE

tetradic

#DEC659 #59DE83 #5971DE #DE59B3

square

#DEC659 #59DE83 #5971DE #DE59B3

split-complementary

#DEC659 #59B3DE #8359DE

monochromatic

#9D871F #D0B229 #DEC659 #E8D88C #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DEC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC659

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC659	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.131 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78c',
    500: '#dec659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec659;
$custom-light: #ebd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82591,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.56639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC659

secondary

#3A4DA1

accent

#38CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC659

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

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