#DEC150#DEC150

#DEC150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC150
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -2.44, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 58.98, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0112 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6445, 54.2513, 15.3918)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC150 #506DDE

analogous

#DE7A50 #DEC150 #B4DE50

triadic

#DEC150 #50DEC1 #C150DE

tetradic

#DEC150 #50DE7A #506DDE #DE50B4

square

#DEC150 #50DE7A #506DDE #DE50B4

split-complementary

#DEC150 #50B4DE #7A50DE

monochromatic

#977E1C #CBA926 #DEC150 #E8D383 #F1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DEC150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DEC150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC150

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC150	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)

#D4BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd386',
    500: '#dec150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec150;
$custom-light: #ecd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81481,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC150

secondary

#374B9B

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC150

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

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