#DECA56#DECA56

#DECA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA56
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -6.69, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 59.28, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0227 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9266, 58.4448, 17.2954)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA56 #566ADE

analogous

#DE8656 #DECA56 #AEDE56

triadic

#DECA56 #56DECA #CA56DE

tetradic

#DECA56 #56DE86 #566ADE #DE56AE

square

#DECA56 #56DE86 #566ADE #DE56AE

split-complementary

#DECA56 #56AEDE #8656DE

monochromatic

#9B891E #CEB628 #DECA56 #E8DA89 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#DECA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA56

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA56	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98a',
    500: '#deca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca56;
$custom-light: #ebd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA56

secondary

#39489F

accent

#31CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA56

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

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