#DEC85E#DEC85E

#DEC85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85E
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -5.11, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 55.06, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0173 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8009, 57.6486, 18.9335)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85E #5E74DE

analogous

#DE885E #DEC85E #B4DE5E

triadic

#DEC85E #5EDEC8 #C85EDE

tetradic

#DEC85E #5EDE88 #5E74DE #DE5EB4

square

#DEC85E #5EDE88 #5E74DE #DE5EB4

split-complementary

#DEC85E #5EB4DE #885EDE

monochromatic

#A18B21 #D3B72B #DEC85E #E8D991 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DEC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85E

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85E	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)

#D9C453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88f',
    500: '#dec85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85e;
$custom-light: #ebd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83054,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85E

secondary

#3C4EA4

accent

#37CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85E

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

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