#DECA55#DECA55

#DECA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA55
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -6.75, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 59.71, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.023 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8866, 58.4288, 17.0847)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA55 #5569DE

analogous

#DE8555 #DECA55 #ADDE55

triadic

#DECA55 #55DECA #CA55DE

tetradic

#DECA55 #55DE85 #5569DE #DE55AD

square

#DECA55 #55DE85 #5569DE #DE55AD

split-complementary

#DECA55 #55ADDE #8555DE

monochromatic

#9B881E #CEB628 #DECA55 #E8DA88 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DECA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA55

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA55	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd989',
    500: '#deca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca55;
$custom-light: #ebd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83371,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA55

secondary

#39489E

accent

#31CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA55

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

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