#DEC14F#DEC14F

#DEC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC14F
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -2.50, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 59.41, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0115 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6078, 54.2366, 15.1987)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC14F #4F6CDE

analogous

#DE7A4F #DEC14F #B4DE4F

triadic

#DEC14F #4FDEC1 #C14FDE

tetradic

#DEC14F #4FDE7A #4F6CDE #DE4FB4

square

#DEC14F #4FDE7A #4F6CDE #DE4FB4

split-complementary

#DEC14F #4FB4DE #7A4FDE

monochromatic

#967E1C #CAA926 #DEC14F #E8D383 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DEC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC14F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC14F	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd385',
    500: '#dec14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec14f;
$custom-light: #ecd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81472,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC14F

secondary

#374B9B

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC14F

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

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