#DECA5C#DECA5C

#DECA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA5C
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -6.28, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 56.64, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0209 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1785, 58.5456, 18.6224)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA5C #5C70DE

analogous

#DE895C #DECA5C #B1DE5C

triadic

#DECA5C #5CDECA #CA5CDE

tetradic

#DECA5C #5CDE89 #5C70DE #DE5CB1

square

#DECA5C #5CDE89 #5C70DE #DE5CB1

split-complementary

#DECA5C #5CB1DE #895CDE

monochromatic

#9F8C20 #D2B82B #DECA5C #E8DB8F #F3EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DECA5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA5C

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA5C	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)

#DBC551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98e',
    500: '#deca5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca5c;
$custom-light: #ebd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83443,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA5C

secondary

#3C4BA3

accent

#33CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA5C

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

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