#DEC048#DEC048

#DEC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC048
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -2.39, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 62.02, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.012 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.14 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1460, 53.6994, 13.8533)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC048 #4866DE

analogous

#DE7548 #DEC048 #B1DE48

triadic

#DEC048 #48DEC0 #C048DE

tetradic

#DEC048 #48DE75 #4866DE #DE48B1

square

#DEC048 #48DE75 #4866DE #DE48B1

split-complementary

#DEC048 #48B1DE #7548DE

monochromatic

#917A1A #C5A524 #DEC048 #E7D27C #F1E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DEC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC048

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC048	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)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd281',
    500: '#dec048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec048;
$custom-light: #ecd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81206,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC048

secondary

#344896

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC048

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

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