#DECE57#DECE57

#DECE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE57
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -8.66, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 60.24, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0282 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9179, 60.3625, 17.8260)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE57 #5767DE

analogous

#DE8A57 #DECE57 #AADE57

triadic

#DECE57 #57DECE #CE57DE

tetradic

#DECE57 #57DE8A #5767DE #DE57AA

square

#DECE57 #57DE8A #5767DE #DE57AA

split-complementary

#DECE57 #57AADE #8A57DE

monochromatic

#9C8D1F #CFBB29 #DECE57 #E8DD8A #F2ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#DECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE57

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8b',
    500: '#dece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece57;
$custom-light: #ebdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE57

secondary

#3A46A0

accent

#2CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE57

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

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