#DEC050#DEC050

#DEC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC050
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -1.92, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 58.69, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0097 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4242, 53.8107, 15.3184)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC050 #506EDE

analogous

#DE7950 #DEC050 #B5DE50

triadic

#DEC050 #50DEC0 #C050DE

tetradic

#DEC050 #50DE79 #506EDE #DE50B5

square

#DEC050 #50DE79 #506EDE #DE50B5

split-complementary

#DEC050 #50B5DE #7950DE

monochromatic

#977D1C #CBA826 #DEC050 #E8D383 #F1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DEC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC050

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC050	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)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd286',
    500: '#dec050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec050;
$custom-light: #ecd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81278,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC050

secondary

#374C9B

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC050

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

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