#DEC95F#DEC95F

#DEC95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.128 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC95F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -5.55, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 54.95, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0184 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.128 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0784, 58.1314, 19.2489)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC95F #5F74DE

analogous

#DE8A5F #DEC95F #B3DE5F

triadic

#DEC95F #5FDEC9 #C95FDE

tetradic

#DEC95F #5FDE8A #5F74DE #DE5FB3

square

#DEC95F #5FDE8A #5F74DE #DE5FB3

split-complementary

#DEC95F #5FB3DE #8A5FDE

monochromatic

#A18C21 #D4B82C #DEC95F #E8DA92 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DEC95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC95F

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC95F	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.128 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd990',
    500: '#dec95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec95f;
$custom-light: #ebd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8327,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC95F

secondary

#3D4EA4

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC95F

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

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