#DEC85A#DEC85A

#DEC85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85A
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -5.39, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 56.85, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0185 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6260, 57.5786, 18.0126)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85A #5A70DE

analogous

#DE865A #DEC85A #B2DE5A

triadic

#DEC85A #5ADEC8 #C85ADE

tetradic

#DEC85A #5ADE86 #5A70DE #DE5AB2

square

#DEC85A #5ADE86 #5A70DE #DE5AB2

split-complementary

#DEC85A #5AB2DE #865ADE

monochromatic

#9E8920 #D1B52A #DEC85A #E8D98D #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DEC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85A

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85A	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88c',
    500: '#dec85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85a;
$custom-light: #ebd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83011,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85A

secondary

#3B4CA1

accent

#36CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85A

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

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