#DEC856#DEC856

#DEC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC856
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -5.66, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 58.61, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0198 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4603, 57.5124, 17.1400)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC856 #566CDE

analogous

#DE8456 #DEC856 #B0DE56

triadic

#DEC856 #56DEC8 #C856DE

tetradic

#DEC856 #56DE84 #566CDE #DE56B0

square

#DEC856 #56DE84 #566CDE #DE56B0

split-complementary

#DEC856 #56B0DE #8456DE

monochromatic

#9B871E #CEB428 #DEC856 #E8D989 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DEC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC856

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC856	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88a',
    500: '#dec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec856;
$custom-light: #ebd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8297,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC856

secondary

#394A9F

accent

#34CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC856

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

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