#DEC85D#DEC85D

#DEC85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85D
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -5.18, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 55.51, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0176 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7563, 57.6308, 18.6988)
Luminance	0.5763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85D #5D73DE

analogous

#DE875D #DEC85D #B4DE5D

triadic

#DEC85D #5DDEC8 #C85DDE

tetradic

#DEC85D #5DDE87 #5D73DE #DE5DB4

square

#DEC85D #5DDE87 #5D73DE #DE5DB4

split-complementary

#DEC85D #5DB4DE #875DDE

monochromatic

#A08A21 #D3B62B #DEC85D #E8D990 #F3EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DEC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85D	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88e',
    500: '#dec85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85d;
$custom-light: #ebd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83043,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85D

secondary

#3C4EA3

accent

#37CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85D

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

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