#DEC047#DEC047

#DEC047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC047
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -2.44, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 62.42, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0123 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.141 95)
XYZ	xyz(50.1136, 53.6864, 13.6829)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC047 #4765DE

analogous

#DE7447 #DEC047 #B1DE47

triadic

#DEC047 #47DEC0 #C047DE

tetradic

#DEC047 #47DE74 #4765DE #DE47B1

square

#DEC047 #47DE74 #4765DE #DE47B1

split-complementary

#DEC047 #47B1DE #7447DE

monochromatic

#91791A #C5A523 #DEC047 #E7D27B #F1E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DEC047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC047

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC047	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd280',
    500: '#dec047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec047;
$custom-light: #ecd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81198,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.53684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC047

secondary

#344796

accent

#5FEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC047

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

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