#DEC757#DEC757

#DEC757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC757
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -5.08, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 57.84, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.018 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2701, 57.0669, 17.2767)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC757 #576EDE

analogous

#DE8357 #DEC757 #B1DE57

triadic

#DEC757 #57DEC7 #C757DE

tetradic

#DEC757 #57DE83 #576EDE #DE57B1

square

#DEC757 #57DE83 #576EDE #DE57B1

split-complementary

#DEC757 #57B1DE #8357DE

monochromatic

#9C871F #CFB329 #DEC757 #E8D88A #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DEC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC757

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC757	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)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78b',
    500: '#dec757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec757;
$custom-light: #ebd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82775,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC757

secondary

#3A4BA0

accent

#36CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC757

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

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