#DEC04F#DEC04F

#DEC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC04F
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -1.98, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 59.11, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.01 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.135 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3875, 53.7960, 15.1252)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC04F #4F6DDE

analogous

#DE794F #DEC04F #B4DE4F

triadic

#DEC04F #4FDEC0 #C04FDE

tetradic

#DEC04F #4FDE79 #4F6DDE #DE4FB4

square

#DEC04F #4FDE79 #4F6DDE #DE4FB4

split-complementary

#DEC04F #4FB4DE #794FDE

monochromatic

#967D1C #CAA826 #DEC04F #E8D283 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DEC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC04F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC04F	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)

#D3BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd285',
    500: '#dec04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec04f;
$custom-light: #ecd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81269,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC04F

secondary

#374C9B

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC04F

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

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