#DECC5B#DECC5B

#DECC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC5B
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -7.37, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 57.79, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0241 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6074, 59.4728, 18.5512)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC5B #5B6DDE

analogous

#DE8B5B #DECC5B #AFDE5B

triadic

#DECC5B #5BDECC #CC5BDE

tetradic

#DECC5B #5BDE8B #5B6DDE #DE5BAF

square

#DECC5B #5BDE8B #5B6DDE #DE5BAF

split-complementary

#DECC5B #5BAFDE #8B5BDE

monochromatic

#9F8D20 #D2BB2A #DECC5B #E8DC8E #F3ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DECC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC5B

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8d',
    500: '#decc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc5b;
$custom-light: #ebdb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83844,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC5B

secondary

#3B49A2

accent

#30CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC5B

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

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