#DEC95C#DEC95C

#DEC95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95C
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -5.76, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 56.30, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0194 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9447, 58.0779, 18.5445)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95C #5C71DE

analogous

#DE885C #DEC95C #B2DE5C

triadic

#DEC95C #5CDEC9 #C95CDE

tetradic

#DEC95C #5CDE88 #5C71DE #DE5CB2

square

#DEC95C #5CDE88 #5C71DE #DE5CB2

split-complementary

#DEC95C #5CB2DE #885CDE

monochromatic

#9F8B20 #D2B72B #DEC95C #E8DA8F #F3EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DEC95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95C	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98e',
    500: '#dec95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95c;
$custom-light: #ebd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83237,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95C

secondary

#3C4CA3

accent

#35CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95C

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

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