#DEC34D#DEC34D

#DEC34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC34D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -3.65, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 60.85, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0151 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9812, 55.0982, 14.9694)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC34D #4D68DE

analogous

#DE7A4D #DEC34D #B0DE4D

triadic

#DEC34D #4DDEC3 #C34DDE

tetradic

#DEC34D #4DDE7A #4D68DE #DE4DB0

square

#DEC34D #4DDE7A #4D68DE #DE4DB0

split-complementary

#DEC34D #4DB0DE #7A4DDE

monochromatic

#957E1C #C9AA25 #DEC34D #E8D481 #F1E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DEC34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC34D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC34D	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd484',
    500: '#dec34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec34d;
$custom-light: #ecd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC34D

secondary

#364899

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC34D

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

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