#DEC34F#DEC34F

#DEC34F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC34F
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -3.53, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 60.01, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0145 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0529, 55.1268, 15.3470)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC34F #4F6ADE

analogous

#DE7C4F #DEC34F #B2DE4F

triadic

#DEC34F #4FDEC3 #C34FDE

tetradic

#DEC34F #4FDE7C #4F6ADE #DE4FB2

square

#DEC34F #4FDE7C #4F6ADE #DE4FB2

split-complementary

#DEC34F #4FB2DE #7C4FDE

monochromatic

#967F1C #CAAB26 #DEC34F #E8D583 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DEC34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC34F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC34F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd485',
    500: '#dec34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec34f;
$custom-light: #ecd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81879,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC34F

secondary

#37499B

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC34F

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

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