#DECD57#DECD57

#DECD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD57
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -8.15, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 59.89, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0268 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6779, 59.8825, 17.7460)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD57 #5768DE

analogous

#DE8957 #DECD57 #ACDE57

triadic

#DECD57 #57DECD #CD57DE

tetradic

#DECD57 #57DE89 #5768DE #DE57AC

square

#DECD57 #57DE89 #5768DE #DE57AC

split-complementary

#DECD57 #57ACDE #8957DE

monochromatic

#9C8C1F #CFBA29 #DECD57 #E8DC8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD57

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD57	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8b',
    500: '#decd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd57;
$custom-light: #ebdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84009,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD57

secondary

#3A46A0

accent

#2ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD57

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

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