#DECE59#DECE59

#DECE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE59
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -8.52, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 59.37, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0276 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0007, 60.3956, 18.2623)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE59 #5969DE

analogous

#DE8B59 #DECE59 #ABDE59

triadic

#DECE59 #59DECE #CE59DE

tetradic

#DECE59 #59DE8B #5969DE #DE59AB

square

#DECE59 #59DE8B #5969DE #DE59AB

split-complementary

#DECE59 #59ABDE #8B59DE

monochromatic

#9D8E1F #D0BC29 #DECE59 #E8DD8C #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DECE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE59

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE59	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8c',
    500: '#dece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece59;
$custom-light: #ebdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84236,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE59

secondary

#3A47A1

accent

#2DCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE59

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

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