#DECD53#DECD53

#DECD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD53
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -8.41, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 61.59, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.028 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5190, 59.8190, 16.9091)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD53 #5364DE

analogous

#DE8853 #DECD53 #A9DE53

triadic

#DECD53 #53DECD #CD53DE

tetradic

#DECD53 #53DE88 #5364DE #DE53A9

square

#DECD53 #53DE88 #5364DE #DE53A9

split-complementary

#DECD53 #53A9DE #8853DE

monochromatic

#998A1D #CDB827 #DECD53 #E8DC86 #F2EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DECD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD53

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD53	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)

#DFC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc88',
    500: '#decd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd53;
$custom-light: #ebdc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83971,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD53

secondary

#38449D

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD53

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

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