#DEC75D#DEC75D

#DEC75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC75D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -4.67, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 55.17, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0161 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5255, 57.1691, 18.6218)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC75D #5D74DE

analogous

#DE875D #DEC75D #B5DE5D

triadic

#DEC75D #5DDEC7 #C75DDE

tetradic

#DEC75D #5DDE87 #5D74DE #DE5DB5

square

#DEC75D #5DDE87 #5D74DE #DE5DB5

split-complementary

#DEC75D #5DB5DE #875DDE

monochromatic

#A08921 #D3B52B #DEC75D #E8D990 #F3EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC75D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DEC75D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC75D

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC75D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC75D	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)

#D8C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec75d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78e',
    500: '#dec75d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec75d;
$custom-light: #ebd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec75d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82839,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC75D

secondary

#3C4EA3

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC75D

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

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