#DECA5E#DECA5E

#DECA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA5E
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -6.13, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 55.75, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0202 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2671, 58.5810, 19.0890)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA5E #5E72DE

analogous

#DE8A5E #DECA5E #B2DE5E

triadic

#DECA5E #5EDECA #CA5EDE

tetradic

#DECA5E #5EDE8A #5E72DE #DE5EB2

square

#DECA5E #5EDE8A #5E72DE #DE5EB2

split-complementary

#DECA5E #5EB2DE #8A5EDE

monochromatic

#A18D21 #D3B92B #DECA5E #E8DB91 #F3EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DECA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA5E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA5E	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98f',
    500: '#deca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca5e;
$custom-light: #ebd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA5E

secondary

#3C4DA4

accent

#34CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA5E

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

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