#DEC039#DEC039

#DEC039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC039
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -3.11, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 67.69, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0157 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.149 96)
XYZ	xyz(49.7150, 53.5270, 11.5832)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC039 #3957DE

analogous

#DE6E39 #DEC039 #AADE39

triadic

#DEC039 #39DEC0 #C039DE

tetradic

#DEC039 #39DE6E #3957DE #DE39AA

square

#DEC039 #39DE6E #3957DE #DE39AA

split-complementary

#DEC039 #39AADE #6E39DE

monochromatic

#867216 #BB9E1F #DEC039 #E7D16D #EFE1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DEC039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC039

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC039	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd279',
    500: '#dec039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec039;
$custom-light: #edd279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81094,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.53524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC039

secondary

#2F408C

accent

#5AEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC039

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

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