#DEC751#DEC751

#DEC751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC751
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -5.47, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 60.42, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0198 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0351, 56.9729, 16.0390)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC751 #5168DE

analogous

#DE8151 #DEC751 #AEDE51

triadic

#DEC751 #51DEC7 #C751DE

tetradic

#DEC751 #51DE81 #5168DE #DE51AE

square

#DEC751 #51DE81 #5168DE #DE51AE

split-complementary

#DEC751 #51AEDE #8151DE

monochromatic

#98841D #CBB027 #DEC751 #E8D884 #F2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC751

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC751	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd787',
    500: '#dec751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec751;
$custom-light: #ecd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82716,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC751

secondary

#37489C

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC751

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

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