#DEC857#DEC857

#DEC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC857
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -5.60, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 58.17, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0195 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5009, 57.5286, 17.3537)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC857 #576DDE

analogous

#DE8457 #DEC857 #B0DE57

triadic

#DEC857 #57DEC8 #C857DE

tetradic

#DEC857 #57DE84 #576DDE #DE57B0

square

#DEC857 #57DE84 #576DDE #DE57B0

split-complementary

#DEC857 #57B0DE #8457DE

monochromatic

#9C881F #CFB429 #DEC857 #E8D98A #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DEC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC857

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC857	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88b',
    500: '#dec857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec857;
$custom-light: #ebd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8298,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC857

secondary

#3A4AA0

accent

#35CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC857

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

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