#DEC049#DEC049

#DEC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC049
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -2.33, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 61.61, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0117 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.139 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1789, 53.7125, 14.0265)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC049 #4967DE

analogous

#DE7549 #DEC049 #B2DE49

triadic

#DEC049 #49DEC0 #C049DE

tetradic

#DEC049 #49DE75 #4967DE #DE49B2

square

#DEC049 #49DE75 #4967DE #DE49B2

split-complementary

#DEC049 #49B2DE #7549DE

monochromatic

#927A1A #C6A524 #DEC049 #E7D27D #F1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DEC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC049

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC049	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)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd282',
    500: '#dec049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec049;
$custom-light: #ecd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81215,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC049

secondary

#344897

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC049

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

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