#DECC56#DECC56

#DECC56 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 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC56
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -7.71, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 59.97, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0256 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3989, 59.3894, 17.4528)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC56 #5668DE

analogous

#DE8856 #DECC56 #ACDE56

triadic

#DECC56 #56DECC #CC56DE

tetradic

#DECC56 #56DE88 #5668DE #DE56AC

square

#DECC56 #56DE88 #5668DE #DE56AC

split-complementary

#DECC56 #56ACDE #8856DE

monochromatic

#9B8B1E #CEB828 #DECC56 #E8DB89 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DECC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC56

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC56	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8a',
    500: '#decc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc56;
$custom-light: #ebdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC56

secondary

#39479F

accent

#2FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC56

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

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