#DEC85C#DEC85C

#DEC85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85C
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -5.25, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 55.96, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0179 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7123, 57.6132, 18.4670)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85C #5C72DE

analogous

#DE875C #DEC85C #B3DE5C

triadic

#DEC85C #5CDEC8 #C85CDE

tetradic

#DEC85C #5CDE87 #5C72DE #DE5CB3

square

#DEC85C #5CDE87 #5C72DE #DE5CB3

split-complementary

#DEC85C #5CB3DE #875CDE

monochromatic

#9F8A20 #D2B62B #DEC85C #E8D98F #F3EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DEC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85C

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88e',
    500: '#dec85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85c;
$custom-light: #ebd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83032,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85C

secondary

#3C4DA3

accent

#36CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85C

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

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