#DECB59#DECB59

#DECB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB59
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -7.00, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 58.32, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0233 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2854, 58.9650, 18.0239)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB59 #596CDE

analogous

#DE8859 #DECB59 #AEDE59

triadic

#DECB59 #59DECB #CB59DE

tetradic

#DECB59 #59DE88 #596CDE #DE59AE

square

#DECB59 #59DE88 #596CDE #DE59AE

split-complementary

#DECB59 #59AEDE #8859DE

monochromatic

#9D8B1F #D0B929 #DECB59 #E8DB8C #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DECB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB59

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB59	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)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8c',
    500: '#decb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb59;
$custom-light: #ebda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83617,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB59

secondary

#3A49A1

accent

#31CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB59

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

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