#DECC51#DECC51

#DECC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC51
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -8.03, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 62.09, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0271 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.2044, 59.3116, 16.4288)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC51 #5163DE

analogous

#DE8551 #DECC51 #AADE51

triadic

#DECC51 #51DECC #CC51DE

tetradic

#DECC51 #51DE85 #5163DE #DE51AA

square

#DECC51 #51DE85 #5163DE #DE51AA

split-complementary

#DECC51 #51AADE #8551DE

monochromatic

#98881D #CBB627 #DECC51 #E8DB84 #F2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DECC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC51

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC51	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb87',
    500: '#decc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc51;
$custom-light: #ebdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83745,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC51

secondary

#37449C

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC51

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

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