#DEC95B#DEC95B

#DEC95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95B
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -5.83, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 56.75, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0197 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9012, 58.0605, 18.3158)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95B #5B70DE

analogous

#DE885B #DEC95B #B2DE5B

triadic

#DEC95B #5BDEC9 #C95BDE

tetradic

#DEC95B #5BDE88 #5B70DE #DE5BB2

square

#DEC95B #5BDE88 #5B70DE #DE5BB2

split-complementary

#DEC95B #5BB2DE #885BDE

monochromatic

#9F8A20 #D2B72A #DEC95B #E8DA8E #F3EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DEC95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95B	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)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98d',
    500: '#dec95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95b;
$custom-light: #ebd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95B

secondary

#3B4CA2

accent

#35CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95B

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

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