#DECA52#DECA52

#DECA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA52
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -6.94, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 60.99, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0239 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7699, 58.3821, 16.4703)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA52 #5266DE

analogous

#DE8452 #DECA52 #ACDE52

triadic

#DECA52 #52DECA #CA52DE

tetradic

#DECA52 #52DE84 #5266DE #DE52AC

square

#DECA52 #52DE84 #5266DE #DE52AC

split-complementary

#DECA52 #52ACDE #8452DE

monochromatic

#99871D #CCB427 #DECA52 #E8DA85 #F2E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#DECA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA52

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA52	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd988',
    500: '#deca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca52;
$custom-light: #ebd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83342,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA52

secondary

#38469D

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA52

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

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