#DEC855#DEC855

#DEC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC855
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -5.73, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 59.04, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0201 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4203, 57.4964, 16.9293)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC855 #556BDE

analogous

#DE8355 #DEC855 #AFDE55

triadic

#DEC855 #55DEC8 #C855DE

tetradic

#DEC855 #55DE83 #556BDE #DE55AF

square

#DEC855 #55DE83 #556BDE #DE55AF

split-complementary

#DEC855 #55AFDE #8355DE

monochromatic

#9B871E #CEB328 #DEC855 #E8D988 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DEC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC855

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC855	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd889',
    500: '#dec855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec855;
$custom-light: #ebd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8296,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC855

secondary

#39499E

accent

#34CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC855

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

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