#DEC24E#DEC24E

#DEC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC24E
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -3.08, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 60.13, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0133 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7935, 54.6658, 15.0824)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC24E #4E6ADE

analogous

#DE7A4E #DEC24E #B2DE4E

triadic

#DEC24E #4EDEC2 #C24EDE

tetradic

#DEC24E #4EDE7A #4E6ADE #DE4EB2

square

#DEC24E #4EDE7A #4E6ADE #DE4EB2

split-complementary

#DEC24E #4EB2DE #7A4EDE

monochromatic

#967E1C #C9A926 #DEC24E #E8D482 #F1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DEC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC24E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC24E	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)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd485',
    500: '#dec24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec24e;
$custom-light: #ecd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC24E

secondary

#364A9A

accent

#5EEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC24E

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

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