#DECC53#DECC53

#DECC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC53
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -7.90, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 61.25, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0265 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2805, 59.3421, 16.8296)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC53 #5365DE

analogous

#DE8653 #DECC53 #ABDE53

triadic

#DECC53 #53DECC #CC53DE

tetradic

#DECC53 #53DE86 #5365DE #DE53AB

square

#DECC53 #53DE86 #5365DE #DE53AB

split-complementary

#DECC53 #53ABDE #8653DE

monochromatic

#99891D #CDB727 #DECC53 #E8DB86 #F2EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#DECC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC53

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC53	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb88',
    500: '#decc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc53;
$custom-light: #ebdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83764,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC53

secondary

#38459D

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC53

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

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