#DEC85B#DEC85B

#DEC85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85B
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -5.32, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 56.41, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0182 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(52.6689, 57.5958, 18.2383)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85B #5B71DE

analogous

#DE875B #DEC85B #B3DE5B

triadic

#DEC85B #5BDEC8 #C85BDE

tetradic

#DEC85B #5BDE87 #5B71DE #DE5BB3

square

#DEC85B #5BDE87 #5B71DE #DE5BB3

split-complementary

#DEC85B #5BB3DE #875BDE

monochromatic

#9F8920 #D2B62A #DEC85B #E8D98E #F3EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DEC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85B

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85B	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)

#DAC350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88d',
    500: '#dec85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85b;
$custom-light: #ebd88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.57593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85B

secondary

#3B4CA2

accent

#36CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85B

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

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