#DEC953#DEC953

#DEC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC953
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -6.37, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 60.23, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0222 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5744, 57.9297, 16.5942)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC953 #5368DE

analogous

#DE8353 #DEC953 #AEDE53

triadic

#DEC953 #53DEC9 #C953DE

tetradic

#DEC953 #53DE83 #5368DE #DE53AE

square

#DEC953 #53DE83 #5368DE #DE53AE

split-complementary

#DEC953 #53AEDE #8353DE

monochromatic

#99871D #CDB427 #DEC953 #E8D986 #F2E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC953

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC953	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#dec953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec953;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83146,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC953

secondary

#38479D

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC953

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

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