#DEC24C#DEC24C

#DEC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC24C
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -3.20, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 60.96, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0139 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7229, 54.6375, 14.7105)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC24C #4C68DE

analogous

#DE794C #DEC24C #B1DE4C

triadic

#DEC24C #4CDEC2 #C24CDE

tetradic

#DEC24C #4CDE79 #4C68DE #DE4CB1

square

#DEC24C #4CDE79 #4C68DE #DE4CB1

split-complementary

#DEC24C #4CB1DE #794CDE

monochromatic

#947D1B #C8A925 #DEC24C #E8D480 #F1E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DEC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC24C

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC24C	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd484',
    500: '#dec24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec24c;
$custom-light: #ecd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81648,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC24C

secondary

#354899

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC24C

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

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