#DECE4D#DECE4D

#DECE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE4D
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -9.28, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 64.41, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0311 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5372, 60.2102, 15.8214)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE4D #4D5DDE

analogous

#DE854D #DECE4D #A5DE4D

triadic

#DECE4D #4DDECE #CE4DDE

tetradic

#DECE4D #4DDE85 #4D5DDE #DE4DA5

square

#DECE4D #4DDE85 #4D5DDE #DE4DA5

split-complementary

#DECE4D #4DA5DE #854DDE

monochromatic

#95881C #C9B725 #DECE4D #E8DC81 #F1EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#DECE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE4D

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE4D	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc85',
    500: '#dece4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece4d;
$custom-light: #ecdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84124,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE4D

secondary

#364199

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE4D

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

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