#DEC858#DEC858

#DEC858 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	#DEC858
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 60.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -5.53, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 57.73, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0192 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5421, 57.5450, 17.5703)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC858 #586EDE

analogous

#DE8558 #DEC858 #B1DE58

triadic

#DEC858 #58DEC8 #C858DE

tetradic

#DEC858 #58DE85 #586EDE #DE58B1

square

#DEC858 #58DE85 #586EDE #DE58B1

split-complementary

#DEC858 #58B1DE #8558DE

monochromatic

#9D881F #D0B429 #DEC858 #E8D98B #F2EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DEC858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC858

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC858	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)

#DAC34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88b',
    500: '#dec858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec858;
$custom-light: #ebd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8299,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC858

secondary

#3A4BA0

accent

#35CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC858

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

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