#DEC24A#DEC24A

#DEC24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC24A
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -3.31, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 61.79, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0144 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.14 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6544, 54.6102, 14.3499)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC24A #4A66DE

analogous

#DE784A #DEC24A #B0DE4A

triadic

#DEC24A #4ADEC2 #C24ADE

tetradic

#DEC24A #4ADE78 #4A66DE #DE4AB0

square

#DEC24A #4ADE78 #4A66DE #DE4AB0

split-complementary

#DEC24A #4AB0DE #784ADE

monochromatic

#937C1B #C7A824 #DEC24A #E7D37E #F1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DEC24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC24A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC24A	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd482',
    500: '#dec24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec24a;
$custom-light: #ecd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8163,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC24A

secondary

#354798

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC24A

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

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