#DEC852#DEC852

#DEC852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC852
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -5.92, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 60.33, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.021 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3037, 57.4497, 16.3149)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC852 #5268DE

analogous

#DE8252 #DEC852 #AEDE52

triadic

#DEC852 #52DEC8 #C852DE

tetradic

#DEC852 #52DE82 #5268DE #DE52AE

square

#DEC852 #52DE82 #5268DE #DE52AE

split-complementary

#DEC852 #52AEDE #8252DE

monochromatic

#99851D #CCB227 #DEC852 #E8D885 #F2E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DEC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC852

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC852	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)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd888',
    500: '#dec852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec852;
$custom-light: #ebd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82931,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC852

secondary

#38479D

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC852

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

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