#DECE53#DECE53

#DECE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE53
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -8.92, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 61.94, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0294 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7589, 60.2989, 16.9890)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE53 #5363DE

analogous

#DE8953 #DECE53 #A8DE53

triadic

#DECE53 #53DECE #CE53DE

tetradic

#DECE53 #53DE89 #5363DE #DE53A8

square

#DECE53 #53DE89 #5363DE #DE53A8

split-complementary

#DECE53 #53A8DE #8953DE

monochromatic

#998B1D #CDBA27 #DECE53 #E8DD86 #F2EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#DECE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE53

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE53	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc89',
    500: '#dece53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece53;
$custom-light: #ebdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84178,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE53

secondary

#38449D

accent

#51EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE53

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

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