#DEC14D#DEC14D

#DEC14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14D
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -2.62, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 60.25, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0121 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5361, 54.2079, 14.8210)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14D #4D6ADE

analogous

#DE784D #DEC14D #B2DE4D

triadic

#DEC14D #4DDEC1 #C14DDE

tetradic

#DEC14D #4DDE78 #4D6ADE #DE4DB2

square

#DEC14D #4DDE78 #4D6ADE #DE4DB2

split-complementary

#DEC14D #4DB2DE #784DDE

monochromatic

#957D1C #C9A825 #DEC14D #E8D381 #F1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DEC14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14D

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14D	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)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd384',
    500: '#dec14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14d;
$custom-light: #ecd384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81453,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14D

secondary

#364A99

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14D

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

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