#DECC5F#DECC5F

#DECC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC5F
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -7.08, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 56.00, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0228 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(53.7846, 59.5437, 19.4842)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC5F #5F71DE

analogous

#DE8D5F #DECC5F #B1DE5F

triadic

#DECC5F #5FDECC #CC5FDE

tetradic

#DECC5F #5FDE8D #5F71DE #DE5FB1

square

#DECC5F #5FDE8D #5F71DE #DE5FB1

split-complementary

#DECC5F #5FB1DE #8D5FDE

monochromatic

#A18F21 #D4BC2C #DECC5F #E8DC92 #F3ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DECC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC5F

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC5F	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb90',
    500: '#decc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc5f;
$custom-light: #ebdb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83887,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.59542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC5F

secondary

#3D4BA4

accent

#32CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC5F

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

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