#DECC57#DECC57

#DECC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC57
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -7.64, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 59.54, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0253 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4394, 59.4056, 17.6665)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC57 #5769DE

analogous

#DE8857 #DECC57 #ACDE57

triadic

#DECC57 #57DECC #CC57DE

tetradic

#DECC57 #57DE88 #5769DE #DE57AC

square

#DECC57 #57DE88 #5769DE #DE57AC

split-complementary

#DECC57 #57ACDE #8857DE

monochromatic

#9C8B1F #CFB929 #DECC57 #E8DC8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DECC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC57

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC57	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)

#DEC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8b',
    500: '#decc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc57;
$custom-light: #ebdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83803,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC57

secondary

#3A47A0

accent

#2FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC57

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

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