#DEC75E#DEC75E

#DEC75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC75E
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -4.59, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 54.72, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0158 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.128 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5701, 57.1869, 18.8566)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC75E #5E75DE

analogous

#DE875E #DEC75E #B5DE5E

triadic

#DEC75E #5EDEC7 #C75EDE

tetradic

#DEC75E #5EDE87 #5E75DE #DE5EB5

square

#DEC75E #5EDE87 #5E75DE #DE5EB5

split-complementary

#DEC75E #5EB5DE #875EDE

monochromatic

#A18A21 #D3B52B #DEC75E #E8D991 #F3EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC75E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC75E	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78f',
    500: '#dec75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec75e;
$custom-light: #ebd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8285,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC75E

secondary

#3C4FA4

accent

#38CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC75E

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

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