#DEC75C#DEC75C

#DEC75C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC75C
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -4.74, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 55.62, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0164 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4815, 57.1515, 18.3901)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC75C #5C73DE

analogous

#DE865C #DEC75C #B4DE5C

triadic

#DEC75C #5CDEC7 #C75CDE

tetradic

#DEC75C #5CDE86 #5C73DE #DE5CB4

square

#DEC75C #5CDE86 #5C73DE #DE5CB4

split-complementary

#DEC75C #5CB4DE #865CDE

monochromatic

#9F8920 #D2B52B #DEC75C #E8D88F #F3EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC75C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DEC75C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC75C

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC75C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC75C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec75c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78e',
    500: '#dec75c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec75c;
$custom-light: #ebd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec75c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82828,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC75C

secondary

#3C4EA3

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC75C

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

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