#DEC14A#DEC14A

#DEC14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14A
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -2.79, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 61.49, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.013 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4326, 54.1665, 14.2760)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14A #4A67DE

analogous

#DE774A #DEC14A #B1DE4A

triadic

#DEC14A #4ADEC1 #C14ADE

tetradic

#DEC14A #4ADE77 #4A67DE #DE4AB1

square

#DEC14A #4ADE77 #4A67DE #DE4AB1

split-complementary

#DEC14A #4AB1DE #774ADE

monochromatic

#937B1B #C7A724 #DEC14A #E7D37E #F1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DEC14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14A	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd382',
    500: '#dec14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14a;
$custom-light: #ecd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81427,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14A

secondary

#354898

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14A

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

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