#DEC04D#DEC04D

#DEC04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.136 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC04D
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -2.10, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 59.96, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0106 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.136 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3158, 53.7673, 14.7476)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC04D #4D6BDE

analogous

#DE774D #DEC04D #B3DE4D

triadic

#DEC04D #4DDEC0 #C04DDE

tetradic

#DEC04D #4DDE77 #4D6BDE #DE4DB3

square

#DEC04D #4DDE77 #4D6BDE #DE4DB3

split-complementary

#DEC04D #4DB3DE #774DDE

monochromatic

#957C1C #C9A725 #DEC04D #E8D281 #F1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DEC04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC04D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC04D	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)

#D3BC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.136 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd284',
    500: '#dec04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec04d;
$custom-light: #ecd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8125,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC04D

secondary

#364A99

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC04D

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

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