#DECD59#DECD59

#DECD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD59
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -8.02, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 59.02, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0262 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.7607, 59.9157, 18.1823)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD59 #596ADE

analogous

#DE8A59 #DECD59 #ACDE59

triadic

#DECD59 #59DECD #CD59DE

tetradic

#DECD59 #59DE8A #596ADE #DE59AC

square

#DECD59 #59DE8A #596ADE #DE59AC

split-complementary

#DECD59 #59ACDE #8A59DE

monochromatic

#9D8D1F #D0BB29 #DECD59 #E8DC8C #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DECD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD59

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD59	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)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8c',
    500: '#decd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd59;
$custom-light: #ebdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84029,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD59

secondary

#3A47A1

accent

#2ECF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD59

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

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