#DECB57#DECB57

#DECB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB57
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -7.13, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 59.19, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0239 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2025, 58.9318, 17.5875)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB57 #576ADE

analogous

#DE8857 #DECB57 #ADDE57

triadic

#DECB57 #57DECB #CB57DE

tetradic

#DECB57 #57DE88 #576ADE #DE57AD

square

#DECB57 #57DE88 #576ADE #DE57AD

split-complementary

#DECB57 #57ADDE #8857DE

monochromatic

#9C8A1F #CFB829 #DECB57 #E8DB8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DECB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB57

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB57	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8b',
    500: '#decb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb57;
$custom-light: #ebda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83596,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB57

secondary

#3A48A0

accent

#30CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB57

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

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