#DEC139#DEC139

#DEC139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC139
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -3.63, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 67.96, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0172 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.15 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9353, 53.9676, 11.6567)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC139 #3956DE

analogous

#DE6F39 #DEC139 #A8DE39

triadic

#DEC139 #39DEC1 #C139DE

tetradic

#DEC139 #39DE6F #3956DE #DE39A8

square

#DEC139 #39DE6F #3956DE #DE39A8

split-complementary

#DEC139 #39A8DE #6F39DE

monochromatic

#867316 #BB9F1F #DEC139 #E7D16D #EFE2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DEC139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC139

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC139	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd379',
    500: '#dec139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec139;
$custom-light: #edd379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.455,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC139

secondary

#2F3F8C

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC139

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

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