#DEC14E#DEC14E

#DEC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14E
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -2.56, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 59.83, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0118 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(50.5717, 54.2222, 15.0084)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14E #4E6BDE

analogous

#DE794E #DEC14E #B3DE4E

triadic

#DEC14E #4EDEC1 #C14EDE

tetradic

#DEC14E #4EDE79 #4E6BDE #DE4EB3

square

#DEC14E #4EDE79 #4E6BDE #DE4EB3

split-complementary

#DEC14E #4EB3DE #794EDE

monochromatic

#967D1C #C9A826 #DEC14E #E8D382 #F1E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DEC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14E	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)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd385',
    500: '#dec14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14e;
$custom-light: #ecd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81463,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.5422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14E

secondary

#364A9A

accent

#60EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14E

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

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