#DECB55#DECB55

#DECB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB55
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -7.26, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 60.05, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0245 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1220, 58.8996, 17.1632)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB55 #5568DE

analogous

#DE8755 #DECB55 #ACDE55

triadic

#DECB55 #55DECB #CB55DE

tetradic

#DECB55 #55DE87 #5568DE #DE55AC

square

#DECB55 #55DE87 #5568DE #DE55AC

split-complementary

#DECB55 #55ACDE #8755DE

monochromatic

#9B891E #CEB728 #DECB55 #E8DB88 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DECB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB55

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB55	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8a',
    500: '#decb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb55;
$custom-light: #ebda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB55

secondary

#39479E

accent

#30CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB55

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

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