#DEC85F#DEC85F

#DEC85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC85F
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -5.03, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 54.61, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0169 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8461, 57.6666, 19.1714)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC85F #5F75DE

analogous

#DE885F #DEC85F #B5DE5F

triadic

#DEC85F #5FDEC8 #C85FDE

tetradic

#DEC85F #5FDE88 #5F75DE #DE5FB5

square

#DEC85F #5FDE88 #5F75DE #DE5FB5

split-complementary

#DEC85F #5FB5DE #885FDE

monochromatic

#A18B21 #D4B72C #DEC85F #E8D992 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DEC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC85F

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC85F	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)

#D9C455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd890',
    500: '#dec85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec85f;
$custom-light: #ebd890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83066,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC85F

secondary

#3D4FA4

accent

#37CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC85F

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

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