#DECE5A#DECE5A

#DECE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE5A
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -8.45, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 58.94, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0273 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0430, 60.4125, 18.4849)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE5A #5A6ADE

analogous

#DE8C5A #DECE5A #ACDE5A

triadic

#DECE5A #5ADECE #CE5ADE

tetradic

#DECE5A #5ADE8C #5A6ADE #DE5AAC

square

#DECE5A #5ADE8C #5A6ADE #DE5AAC

split-complementary

#DECE5A #5AACDE #8C5ADE

monochromatic

#9E8F20 #D1BD2A #DECE5A #E8DD8D #F2ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DECE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE5A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE5A	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)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8d',
    500: '#dece5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece5a;
$custom-light: #ebdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84246,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE5A

secondary

#3B47A1

accent

#2DCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE5A

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

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