#DEC95A#DEC95A

#DEC95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95A
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -5.90, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 57.19, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.02 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8584, 58.0433, 18.0901)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95A #5A6FDE

analogous

#DE875A #DEC95A #B1DE5A

triadic

#DEC95A #5ADEC9 #C95ADE

tetradic

#DEC95A #5ADE87 #5A6FDE #DE5AB1

square

#DEC95A #5ADE87 #5A6FDE #DE5AB1

split-complementary

#DEC95A #5AB1DE #875ADE

monochromatic

#9E8A20 #D1B62A #DEC95A #E8DA8D #F2EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DEC95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95A

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95A	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98d',
    500: '#dec95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95a;
$custom-light: #ebd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95A

secondary

#3B4BA1

accent

#34CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95A

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

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