#DECB51#DECB51

#DECB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB51
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -7.52, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 61.75, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0257 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9675, 58.8378, 16.3498)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB51 #5164DE

analogous

#DE8551 #DECB51 #ABDE51

triadic

#DECB51 #51DECB #CB51DE

tetradic

#DECB51 #51DE85 #5164DE #DE51AB

square

#DECB51 #51DE85 #5164DE #DE51AB

split-complementary

#DECB51 #51ABDE #8551DE

monochromatic

#98871D #CBB527 #DECB51 #E8DA84 #F2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DECB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB51

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB51	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecda87',
    500: '#decb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb51;
$custom-light: #ecda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83539,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB51

secondary

#37459C

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB51

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

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