#DECA59#DECA59

#DECA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA59
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -6.49, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 57.97, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0218 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0500, 58.4942, 17.9454)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA59 #596DDE

analogous

#DE8759 #DECA59 #B0DE59

triadic

#DECA59 #59DECA #CA59DE

tetradic

#DECA59 #59DE87 #596DDE #DE59B0

square

#DECA59 #59DE87 #596DDE #DE59B0

split-complementary

#DECA59 #59B0DE #8759DE

monochromatic

#9D8A1F #D0B729 #DECA59 #E8DA8C #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DECA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA59

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA59	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98c',
    500: '#deca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca59;
$custom-light: #ebd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83411,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA59

secondary

#3A4AA1

accent

#32CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA59

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

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