#DEC145#DEC145

#DEC145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC145
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -3.06, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 63.50, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0143 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.143 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2708, 54.1018, 13.4239)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC145 #4562DE

analogous

#DE7445 #DEC145 #AFDE45

triadic

#DEC145 #45DEC1 #C145DE

tetradic

#DEC145 #45DE74 #4562DE #DE45AF

square

#DEC145 #45DE74 #4562DE #DE45AF

split-complementary

#DEC145 #45AFDE #7445DE

monochromatic

#8F7919 #C3A523 #DEC145 #E7D279 #F0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DEC145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DEC145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC145

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC145	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd37f',
    500: '#dec145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec145;
$custom-light: #ecd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC145

secondary

#334594

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC145

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

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