#DECB56#DECB56

#DECB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB56
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -7.20, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 59.62, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0242 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1620, 58.9156, 17.3739)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB56 #5669DE

analogous

#DE8756 #DECB56 #ADDE56

triadic

#DECB56 #56DECB #CB56DE

tetradic

#DECB56 #56DE87 #5669DE #DE56AD

square

#DECB56 #56DE87 #5669DE #DE56AD

split-complementary

#DECB56 #56ADDE #8756DE

monochromatic

#9B8A1E #CEB728 #DECB56 #E8DB89 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DECB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB56

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8a',
    500: '#decb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb56;
$custom-light: #ebda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83587,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB56

secondary

#39479F

accent

#30CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB56

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

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