#DEC954#DEC954

#DEC954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC954
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -6.31, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 59.80, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0219 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6132, 57.9453, 16.7990)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC954 #5469DE

analogous

#DE8454 #DEC954 #AEDE54

triadic

#DEC954 #54DEC9 #C954DE

tetradic

#DEC954 #54DE84 #5469DE #DE54AE

square

#DEC954 #54DE84 #5469DE #DE54AE

split-complementary

#DEC954 #54AEDE #8454DE

monochromatic

#9A871E #CDB428 #DEC954 #E8D987 #F2E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC954

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC954	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)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#dec954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec954;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83155,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC954

secondary

#38489E

accent

#58EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC954

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

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