#DEC14B#DEC14B

#DEC14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14B
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -2.74, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 61.08, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0127 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.138 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4666, 54.1801, 14.4548)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14B #4B68DE

analogous

#DE774B #DEC14B #B2DE4B

triadic

#DEC14B #4BDEC1 #C14BDE

tetradic

#DEC14B #4BDE77 #4B68DE #DE4BB2

square

#DEC14B #4BDE77 #4B68DE #DE4BB2

split-complementary

#DEC14B #4BB2DE #774BDE

monochromatic

#947C1B #C7A725 #DEC14B #E7D37F #F1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DEC14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14B

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14B	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd383',
    500: '#dec14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14b;
$custom-light: #ecd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14B

secondary

#354998

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14B

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

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