#DEC04E#DEC04E

#DEC04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC04E
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -2.04, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 59.54, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0103 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3514, 53.7815, 14.9350)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC04E #4E6CDE

analogous

#DE784E #DEC04E #B4DE4E

triadic

#DEC04E #4EDEC0 #C04EDE

tetradic

#DEC04E #4EDE78 #4E6CDE #DE4EB4

square

#DEC04E #4EDE78 #4E6CDE #DE4EB4

split-complementary

#DEC04E #4EB4DE #784EDE

monochromatic

#967C1C #C9A726 #DEC04E #E8D282 #F1E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DEC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC04E

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC04E	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd285',
    500: '#dec04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec04e;
$custom-light: #ecd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81259,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC04E

secondary

#364B9A

accent

#61EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC04E

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

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