#DECE5B#DECE5B

#DECE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE5B
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -8.39, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 58.50, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.027 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.136 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0858, 60.4297, 18.7106)
Luminance	0.6043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE5B #5B6BDE

analogous

#DE8D5B #DECE5B #ADDE5B

triadic

#DECE5B #5BDECE #CE5BDE

tetradic

#DECE5B #5BDE8D #5B6BDE #DE5BAD

square

#DECE5B #5BDE8D #5B6BDE #DE5BAD

split-complementary

#DECE5B #5BADDE #8D5BDE

monochromatic

#9F8F20 #D2BD2A #DECE5B #E8DD8E #F3ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DECE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE5B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE5B	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8d',
    500: '#dece5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece5b;
$custom-light: #ebdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84257,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE5B

secondary

#3B48A2

accent

#2ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE5B

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

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