#DEC755#DEC755

#DEC755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC755
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -5.22, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 58.71, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0186 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1895, 57.0347, 16.8523)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC755 #556CDE

analogous

#DE8255 #DEC755 #B0DE55

triadic

#DEC755 #55DEC7 #C755DE

tetradic

#DEC755 #55DE82 #556CDE #DE55B0

square

#DEC755 #55DE82 #556CDE #DE55B0

split-complementary

#DEC755 #55B0DE #8255DE

monochromatic

#9B861E #CEB228 #DEC755 #E8D888 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DEC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC755

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC755	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd789',
    500: '#dec755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec755;
$custom-light: #ebd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC755

secondary

#394A9E

accent

#35CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC755

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

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