#DEC95E#DEC95E

#DEC95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95E
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -5.62, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 55.40, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0187 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0332, 58.1133, 19.0110)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95E #5E73DE

analogous

#DE895E #DEC95E #B3DE5E

triadic

#DEC95E #5EDEC9 #C95EDE

tetradic

#DEC95E #5EDE89 #5E73DE #DE5EB3

square

#DEC95E #5EDE89 #5E73DE #DE5EB3

split-complementary

#DEC95E #5EB3DE #895EDE

monochromatic

#A18C21 #D3B82B #DEC95E #E8DA91 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DEC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95E

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98f',
    500: '#dec95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95e;
$custom-light: #ebd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83259,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95E

secondary

#3C4DA4

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95E

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

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