#DECA5D#DECA5D

#DECA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA5D
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -6.20, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 56.20, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0205 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.2225, 58.5632, 18.8542)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA5D #5D71DE

analogous

#DE8A5D #DECA5D #B1DE5D

triadic

#DECA5D #5DDECA #CA5DDE

tetradic

#DECA5D #5DDE8A #5D71DE #DE5DB1

square

#DECA5D #5DDE8A #5D71DE #DE5DB1

split-complementary

#DECA5D #5DB1DE #8A5DDE

monochromatic

#A08C21 #D3B92B #DECA5D #E8DB90 #F3EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DECA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA5D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA5D	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)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98e',
    500: '#deca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca5d;
$custom-light: #ebd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83454,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA5D

secondary

#3C4CA3

accent

#34CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA5D

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

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