#DEC045#DEC045

#DEC045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC045
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -2.55, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 63.22, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0128 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.142 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0505, 53.6612, 13.3504)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC045 #4563DE

analogous

#DE7345 #DEC045 #B0DE45

triadic

#DEC045 #45DEC0 #C045DE

tetradic

#DEC045 #45DE73 #4563DE #DE45B0

square

#DEC045 #45DE73 #4563DE #DE45B0

split-complementary

#DEC045 #45B0DE #7345DE

monochromatic

#8F7819 #C3A423 #DEC045 #E7D279 #F0E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DEC045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC045

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC045	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd27f',
    500: '#dec045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec045;
$custom-light: #ecd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC045

secondary

#334694

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC045

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

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