#DECC5E#DECC5E

#DECC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC5E
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -7.15, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 56.45, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0231 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7394, 59.5256, 19.2464)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC5E #5E70DE

analogous

#DE8C5E #DECC5E #B0DE5E

triadic

#DECC5E #5EDECC #CC5EDE

tetradic

#DECC5E #5EDE8C #5E70DE #DE5EB0

square

#DECC5E #5EDE8C #5E70DE #DE5EB0

split-complementary

#DECC5E #5EB0DE #8C5EDE

monochromatic

#A18F21 #D3BC2B #DECC5E #E8DC91 #F3ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DECC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC5E

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC5E	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)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8f',
    500: '#decc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc5e;
$custom-light: #ebdb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83876,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC5E

secondary

#3C4BA4

accent

#31CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC5E

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

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