#DECE4E#DECE4E

#DECE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE4E
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -9.22, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 64.01, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0308 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.146 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5728, 60.2245, 16.0088)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE4E #4E5EDE

analogous

#DE864E #DECE4E #A6DE4E

triadic

#DECE4E #4EDECE #CE4EDE

tetradic

#DECE4E #4EDE86 #4E5EDE #DE4EA6

square

#DECE4E #4EDE86 #4E5EDE #DE4EA6

split-complementary

#DECE4E #4EA6DE #864EDE

monochromatic

#96881C #C9B726 #DECE4E #E8DC82 #F1EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#DECE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE4E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE4E	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)

#E0C83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc86',
    500: '#dece4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece4e;
$custom-light: #ecdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84133,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE4E

secondary

#36419A

accent

#50EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE4E

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

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