#DECC59#DECC59

#DECC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC59
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -7.51, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 58.67, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0247 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5223, 59.4388, 18.1028)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC59 #596BDE

analogous

#DE8959 #DECC59 #ADDE59

triadic

#DECC59 #59DECC #CC59DE

tetradic

#DECC59 #59DE89 #596BDE #DE59AD

square

#DECC59 #59DE89 #596BDE #DE59AD

split-complementary

#DECC59 #59ADDE #8959DE

monochromatic

#9D8C1F #D0BA29 #DECC59 #E8DC8C #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DECC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC59

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC59	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8c',
    500: '#decc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc59;
$custom-light: #ebdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83823,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC59

secondary

#3A48A1

accent

#30CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC59

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

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