#DECA50#DECA50

#DECA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA50
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -7.07, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 61.83, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0245 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(52.6949, 58.3521, 16.0753)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA50 #5064DE

analogous

#DE8350 #DECA50 #ABDE50

triadic

#DECA50 #50DECA #CA50DE

tetradic

#DECA50 #50DE83 #5064DE #DE50AB

square

#DECA50 #50DE83 #5064DE #DE50AB

split-complementary

#DECA50 #50ABDE #8350DE

monochromatic

#97861C #CBB326 #DECA50 #E8DA83 #F1E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DECA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA50

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA50	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd986',
    500: '#deca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca50;
$custom-light: #ecd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83323,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.5835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA50

secondary

#37459B

accent

#55EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA50

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

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