#DECE55#DECE55

#DECE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE55
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -8.79, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 61.10, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0288 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8373, 60.3302, 17.4016)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE55 #5565DE

analogous

#DE8A55 #DECE55 #A9DE55

triadic

#DECE55 #55DECE #CE55DE

tetradic

#DECE55 #55DE8A #5565DE #DE55A9

square

#DECE55 #55DE8A #5565DE #DE55A9

split-complementary

#DECE55 #55A9DE #8A55DE

monochromatic

#9B8C1E #CEBA28 #DECE55 #E8DD88 #F2ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#DECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE55

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE55	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8a',
    500: '#dece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece55;
$custom-light: #ebdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84197,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE55

secondary

#39459E

accent

#2CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE55

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

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