#DEC34E#DEC34E

#DEC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC34E
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -3.59, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 60.43, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0148 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0168, 55.1124, 15.1568)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC34E #4E69DE

analogous

#DE7B4E #DEC34E #B1DE4E

triadic

#DEC34E #4EDEC3 #C34EDE

tetradic

#DEC34E #4EDE7B #4E69DE #DE4EB1

square

#DEC34E #4EDE7B #4E69DE #DE4EB1

split-complementary

#DEC34E #4EB1DE #7B4EDE

monochromatic

#967F1C #C9AB26 #DEC34E #E8D482 #F1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DEC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC34E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC34E	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd485',
    500: '#dec34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec34e;
$custom-light: #ecd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8187,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC34E

secondary

#36499A

accent

#5DEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC34E

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

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