#DEC759#DEC759

#DEC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC759
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -4.95, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 56.96, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0174 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3529, 57.1001, 17.7130)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC759 #5970DE

analogous

#DE8459 #DEC759 #B2DE59

triadic

#DEC759 #59DEC7 #C759DE

tetradic

#DEC759 #59DE84 #5970DE #DE59B2

square

#DEC759 #59DE84 #5970DE #DE59B2

split-complementary

#DEC759 #59B2DE #8459DE

monochromatic

#9D881F #D0B429 #DEC759 #E8D88C #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DEC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC759

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC759	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78c',
    500: '#dec759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec759;
$custom-light: #ebd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82795,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC759

secondary

#3A4CA1

accent

#37CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC759

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

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