#DEC955#DEC955

#DEC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC955
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -6.24, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 59.37, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0216 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6527, 57.9611, 17.0067)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC955 #556ADE

analogous

#DE8455 #DEC955 #AEDE55

triadic

#DEC955 #55DEC9 #C955DE

tetradic

#DEC955 #55DE84 #556ADE #DE55AE

square

#DEC955 #55DE84 #556ADE #DE55AE

split-complementary

#DEC955 #55AEDE #8455DE

monochromatic

#9B871E #CEB428 #DEC955 #E8D988 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC955

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC955	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#dec955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec955;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83165,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC955

secondary

#39489E

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC955

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

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