#DEC853#DEC853

#DEC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; 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	#DEC853
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -5.86, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 59.90, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0207 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3420, 57.4650, 16.5167)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC853 #5369DE

analogous

#DE8353 #DEC853 #AEDE53

triadic

#DEC853 #53DEC8 #C853DE

tetradic

#DEC853 #53DE83 #5369DE #DE53AE

square

#DEC853 #53DE83 #5369DE #DE53AE

split-complementary

#DEC853 #53AEDE #8353DE

monochromatic

#99861D #CDB227 #DEC853 #E8D886 #F2E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DEC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC853

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC853	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)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd888',
    500: '#dec853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec853;
$custom-light: #ebd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8294,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC853

secondary

#38489D

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC853

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →