#DEC04C#DEC04C

#DEC04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC04C
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -2.16, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 60.37, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0109 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2808, 53.7533, 14.5631)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC04C #4C6ADE

analogous

#DE774C #DEC04C #B3DE4C

triadic

#DEC04C #4CDEC0 #C04CDE

tetradic

#DEC04C #4CDE77 #4C6ADE #DE4CB3

square

#DEC04C #4CDE77 #4C6ADE #DE4CB3

split-complementary

#DEC04C #4CB3DE #774CDE

monochromatic

#947B1B #C8A625 #DEC04C #E8D280 #F1E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DEC04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC04C

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC04C	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)

#D3BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd283',
    500: '#dec04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec04c;
$custom-light: #ecd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81241,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC04C

secondary

#354A99

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC04C

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

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