#DEC245#DEC245

#DEC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC245
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -3.58, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 63.79, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0158 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4926, 54.5454, 13.4978)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC245 #4561DE

analogous

#DE7645 #DEC245 #ADDE45

triadic

#DEC245 #45DEC2 #C245DE

tetradic

#DEC245 #45DE76 #4561DE #DE45AD

square

#DEC245 #45DE76 #4561DE #DE45AD

split-complementary

#DEC245 #45ADDE #7645DE

monochromatic

#8F7A19 #C3A623 #DEC245 #E7D379 #F0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DEC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC245

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC245	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd47f',
    500: '#dec245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec245;
$custom-light: #ecd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC245

secondary

#334594

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC245

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

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