#DECC5D#DECC5D

#DECC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC5D
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -7.23, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 56.90, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0235 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6948, 59.5078, 19.0116)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC5D #5D6FDE

analogous

#DE8C5D #DECC5D #B0DE5D

triadic

#DECC5D #5DDECC #CC5DDE

tetradic

#DECC5D #5DDE8C #5D6FDE #DE5DB0

square

#DECC5D #5DDE8C #5D6FDE #DE5DB0

split-complementary

#DECC5D #5DB0DE #8C5DDE

monochromatic

#A08E21 #D3BB2B #DECC5D #E8DC90 #F3ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DECC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC5D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC5D	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)

#DDC751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8f',
    500: '#decc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc5d;
$custom-light: #ebdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83865,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC5D

secondary

#3C4AA3

accent

#31CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC5D

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

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