#DEC04B#DEC04B

#DEC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC04B
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -2.22, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 60.79, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0112 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2463, 53.7395, 14.3814)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC04B #4B69DE

analogous

#DE764B #DEC04B #B2DE4B

triadic

#DEC04B #4BDEC0 #C04BDE

tetradic

#DEC04B #4BDE76 #4B69DE #DE4BB2

square

#DEC04B #4BDE76 #4B69DE #DE4BB2

split-complementary

#DEC04B #4BB2DE #764BDE

monochromatic

#947B1B #C7A625 #DEC04B #E7D27F #F1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DEC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC04B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC04B	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd283',
    500: '#dec04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec04b;
$custom-light: #ecd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81232,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC04B

secondary

#354998

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC04B

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

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