#DECD51#DECD51

#DECD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD51
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -8.53, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 62.43, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0286 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4429, 59.7885, 16.5082)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD51 #5162DE

analogous

#DE8751 #DECD51 #A9DE51

triadic

#DECD51 #51DECD #CD51DE

tetradic

#DECD51 #51DE87 #5162DE #DE51A9

square

#DECD51 #51DE87 #5162DE #DE51A9

split-complementary

#DECD51 #51A9DE #8751DE

monochromatic

#98891D #CBB727 #DECD51 #E8DC84 #F2EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DECD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD51

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD51	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb87',
    500: '#decd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd51;
$custom-light: #ebdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83952,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD51

secondary

#37439C

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD51

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

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