#DEC851#DEC851

#DEC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC851
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -5.98, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 60.75, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0213 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2659, 57.4346, 16.1159)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC851 #5167DE

analogous

#DE8251 #DEC851 #AEDE51

triadic

#DEC851 #51DEC8 #C851DE

tetradic

#DEC851 #51DE82 #5167DE #DE51AE

square

#DEC851 #51DE82 #5167DE #DE51AE

split-complementary

#DEC851 #51AEDE #8251DE

monochromatic

#98851D #CBB227 #DEC851 #E8D884 #F2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DEC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC851

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC851	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd887',
    500: '#dec851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec851;
$custom-light: #ecd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82921,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC851

secondary

#37479C

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC851

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

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