#DEC24F#DEC24F

#DEC24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC24F
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -3.02, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 59.71, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.013 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8296, 54.6802, 15.2726)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC24F #4F6BDE

analogous

#DE7B4F #DEC24F #B3DE4F

triadic

#DEC24F #4FDEC2 #C24FDE

tetradic

#DEC24F #4FDE7B #4F6BDE #DE4FB3

square

#DEC24F #4FDE7B #4F6BDE #DE4FB3

split-complementary

#DEC24F #4FB3DE #7B4FDE

monochromatic

#967E1C #CAAA26 #DEC24F #E8D483 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC24F

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC24F	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd485',
    500: '#dec24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec24f;
$custom-light: #ecd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81675,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC24F

secondary

#374A9B

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC24F

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

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