#DEC956#DEC956

#DEC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC956
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -6.18, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 58.94, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0213 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.6927, 57.9771, 17.2174)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC956 #566BDE

analogous

#DE8556 #DEC956 #AFDE56

triadic

#DEC956 #56DEC9 #C956DE

tetradic

#DEC956 #56DE85 #566BDE #DE56AF

square

#DEC956 #56DE85 #566BDE #DE56AF

split-complementary

#DEC956 #56AFDE #8556DE

monochromatic

#9B881E #CEB528 #DEC956 #E8D989 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DEC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC956

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC956	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98a',
    500: '#dec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec956;
$custom-light: #ebd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83175,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC956

secondary

#39499F

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC956

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

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