#DECE5E#DECE5E

#DECE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE5E
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -8.17, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 57.17, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0261 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2178, 60.4825, 19.4059)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE5E #5E6EDE

analogous

#DE8E5E #DECE5E #AEDE5E

triadic

#DECE5E #5EDECE #CE5EDE

tetradic

#DECE5E #5EDE8E #5E6EDE #DE5EAE

square

#DECE5E #5EDE8E #5E6EDE #DE5EAE

split-complementary

#DECE5E #5EAEDE #8E5EDE

monochromatic

#A19121 #D3BE2B #DECE5E #E8DD91 #F3EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DECE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE5E

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE5E	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8f',
    500: '#dece5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece5e;
$custom-light: #ebdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84288,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE5E

secondary

#3C49A4

accent

#2ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE5E

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

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