#DECE5C#DECE5C

#DECE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE5C
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -8.31, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 58.06, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0267 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1293, 60.4470, 18.9393)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE5C #5C6CDE

analogous

#DE8D5C #DECE5C #ADDE5C

triadic

#DECE5C #5CDECE #CE5CDE

tetradic

#DECE5C #5CDE8D #5C6CDE #DE5CAD

square

#DECE5C #5CDE8D #5C6CDE #DE5CAD

split-complementary

#DECE5C #5CADDE #8D5CDE

monochromatic

#9F9020 #D2BE2B #DECE5C #E8DD8F #F3EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#DECE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE5C

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE5C	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)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8e',
    500: '#dece5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece5c;
$custom-light: #ebdc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84267,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE5C

secondary

#3C48A3

accent

#2ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE5C

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

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