#DECC55#DECC55

#DECC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC55
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -7.77, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 60.40, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0259 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3589, 59.3734, 17.2421)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC55 #5567DE

analogous

#DE8855 #DECC55 #ABDE55

triadic

#DECC55 #55DECC #CC55DE

tetradic

#DECC55 #55DE88 #5567DE #DE55AB

square

#DECC55 #55DE88 #5567DE #DE55AB

split-complementary

#DECC55 #55ABDE #8855DE

monochromatic

#9B8A1E #CEB828 #DECC55 #E8DB88 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#DECC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC55

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC55	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)

#DEC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8a',
    500: '#decc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc55;
$custom-light: #ebdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83783,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC55

secondary

#39469E

accent

#2ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC55

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

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