#DEC95D#DEC95D

#DEC95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -5.69, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 55.85, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0191 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9887, 58.0955, 18.7762)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95D #5D72DE

analogous

#DE895D #DEC95D #B2DE5D

triadic

#DEC95D #5DDEC9 #C95DDE

tetradic

#DEC95D #5DDE89 #5D72DE #DE5DB2

square

#DEC95D #5DDE89 #5D72DE #DE5DB2

split-complementary

#DEC95D #5DB2DE #895DDE

monochromatic

#A08B21 #D3B82B #DEC95D #E8DA90 #F3EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DEC95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95D

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95D	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)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98e',
    500: '#dec95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95d;
$custom-light: #ebd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83248,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95D

secondary

#3C4DA3

accent

#35CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95D

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

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