#DEC14C#DEC14C

#DEC14C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14C
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -2.68, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 60.67, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0124 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5011, 54.1939, 14.6365)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14C #4C69DE

analogous

#DE784C #DEC14C #B2DE4C

triadic

#DEC14C #4CDEC1 #C14CDE

tetradic

#DEC14C #4CDE78 #4C69DE #DE4CB2

square

#DEC14C #4CDE78 #4C69DE #DE4CB2

split-complementary

#DEC14C #4CB2DE #784CDE

monochromatic

#947C1B #C8A825 #DEC14C #E8D380 #F1E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DEC14C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14C

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14C	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)

#D4BD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd383',
    500: '#dec14c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14c;
$custom-light: #ecd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14C

secondary

#354999

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14C

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

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