#DECB5B#DECB5B

#DECB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB5B
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -6.86, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 57.44, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0226 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3705, 58.9990, 18.4722)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB5B #5B6EDE

analogous

#DE8A5B #DECB5B #B0DE5B

triadic

#DECB5B #5BDECB #CB5BDE

tetradic

#DECB5B #5BDE8A #5B6EDE #DE5BB0

square

#DECB5B #5BDE8A #5B6EDE #DE5BB0

split-complementary

#DECB5B #5BB0DE #8A5BDE

monochromatic

#9F8C20 #D2B92A #DECB5B #E8DB8E #F3EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DECB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB5B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB5B	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8d',
    500: '#decb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb5b;
$custom-light: #ebda8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83638,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB5B

secondary

#3B4AA2

accent

#32CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB5B

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

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