#DECA5B#DECA5B

#DECA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA5B
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -6.35, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 57.09, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0212 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1351, 58.5282, 18.3937)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA5B #5B6FDE

analogous

#DE895B #DECA5B #B1DE5B

triadic

#DECA5B #5BDECA #CA5BDE

tetradic

#DECA5B #5BDE89 #5B6FDE #DE5BB1

square

#DECA5B #5BDE89 #5B6FDE #DE5BB1

split-complementary

#DECA5B #5BB1DE #895BDE

monochromatic

#9F8B20 #D2B82A #DECA5B #E8DA8E #F3EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DECA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA5B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA5B	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98d',
    500: '#deca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca5b;
$custom-light: #ebd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA5B

secondary

#3B4BA2

accent

#33CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA5B

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

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