#DECA5F#DECA5F

#DECA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.129 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA5F
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -6.06, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 55.30, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0199 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.129 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3123, 58.5991, 19.3268)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA5F #5F73DE

analogous

#DE8B5F #DECA5F #B3DE5F

triadic

#DECA5F #5FDECA #CA5FDE

tetradic

#DECA5F #5FDE8B #5F73DE #DE5FB3

square

#DECA5F #5FDE8B #5F73DE #DE5FB3

split-complementary

#DECA5F #5FB3DE #8B5FDE

monochromatic

#A18D21 #D4B92C #DECA5F #E8DB92 #F3ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#DECA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA5F

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA5F	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)

#DBC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.129 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd990',
    500: '#deca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca5f;
$custom-light: #ebd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83476,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA5F

secondary

#3D4DA4

accent

#34CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA5F

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

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