#DEC957#DEC957

#DEC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC957
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -6.11, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 58.51, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.021 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7333, 57.9933, 17.4311)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC957 #576CDE

analogous

#DE8657 #DEC957 #AFDE57

triadic

#DEC957 #57DEC9 #C957DE

tetradic

#DEC957 #57DE86 #576CDE #DE57AF

square

#DEC957 #57DE86 #576CDE #DE57AF

split-complementary

#DEC957 #57AFDE #8657DE

monochromatic

#9C881F #CFB529 #DEC957 #E8D98A #F2EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DEC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC957

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC957	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98b',
    500: '#dec957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec957;
$custom-light: #ebd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83185,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC957

secondary

#3A49A0

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC957

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

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