#DEC24D#DEC24D

#DEC24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC24D
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -3.14, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 60.55, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0136 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7579, 54.6516, 14.8950)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC24D #4D69DE

analogous

#DE794D #DEC24D #B1DE4D

triadic

#DEC24D #4DDEC2 #C24DDE

tetradic

#DEC24D #4DDE79 #4D69DE #DE4DB1

square

#DEC24D #4DDE79 #4D69DE #DE4DB1

split-complementary

#DEC24D #4DB1DE #794DDE

monochromatic

#957E1C #C9A925 #DEC24D #E8D481 #F1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DEC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC24D

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC24D	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)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd484',
    500: '#dec24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec24d;
$custom-light: #ecd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC24D

secondary

#364999

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC24D

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

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