#DECC5C#DECC5C

#DECC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC5C
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -7.30, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 57.34, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0238 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6508, 59.4902, 18.7799)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC5C #5C6EDE

analogous

#DE8B5C #DECC5C #AFDE5C

triadic

#DECC5C #5CDECC #CC5CDE

tetradic

#DECC5C #5CDE8B #5C6EDE #DE5CAF

square

#DECC5C #5CDE8B #5C6EDE #DE5CAF

split-complementary

#DECC5C #5CAFDE #8B5CDE

monochromatic

#9F8E20 #D2BB2B #DECC5C #E8DC8F #F3ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DECC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC5C

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC5C	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8e',
    500: '#decc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc5c;
$custom-light: #ebdb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83854,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC5C

secondary

#3C4AA3

accent

#31CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC5C

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

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