#DEC75B#DEC75B

#DEC75B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC75B
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -4.81, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 56.07, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0168 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4381, 57.1341, 18.1614)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC75B #5B72DE

analogous

#DE865B #DEC75B #B3DE5B

triadic

#DEC75B #5BDEC7 #C75BDE

tetradic

#DEC75B #5BDE86 #5B72DE #DE5BB3

square

#DEC75B #5BDE86 #5B72DE #DE5BB3

split-complementary

#DEC75B #5BB3DE #865BDE

monochromatic

#9F8820 #D2B42A #DEC75B #E8D88E #F3EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC75B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DEC75B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC75B

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC75B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC75B	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec75b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78d',
    500: '#dec75b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec75b;
$custom-light: #ebd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec75b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82817,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC75B

secondary

#3B4DA2

accent

#37CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC75B

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

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