#DECE51#DECE51

#DECE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE51
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -9.04, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 62.77, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.03 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.6828, 60.2685, 16.5882)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE51 #5161DE

analogous

#DE8751 #DECE51 #A8DE51

triadic

#DECE51 #51DECE #CE51DE

tetradic

#DECE51 #51DE87 #5161DE #DE51A8

square

#DECE51 #51DE87 #5161DE #DE51A8

split-complementary

#DECE51 #51A8DE #8751DE

monochromatic

#988A1D #CBB927 #DECE51 #E8DC84 #F2EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DECE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE51

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE51	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc87',
    500: '#dece51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece51;
$custom-light: #ebdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84159,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.60266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE51

secondary

#37439C

accent

#51EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE51

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

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