#DEC427#DEC427

#DEC427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.161 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC427
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 82.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -5.80, 74.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 74.26, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0249 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.161 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2330, 55.1586, 9.9198)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC427 #2741DE

analogous

#DE6827 #DEC427 #9DDE27

triadic

#DEC427 #27DEC4 #C427DE

tetradic

#DEC427 #27DE68 #2741DE #DE279D

square

#DEC427 #27DE68 #2741DE #DE279D

split-complementary

#DEC427 #279DDE #6827DE

monochromatic

#786A12 #AD981A #DEC427 #E6D25C #EEE191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DEC427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC427

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC427	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.161 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd571',
    500: '#dec427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec427;
$custom-light: #edd571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.475,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC427

secondary

#293580

accent

#52F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC427

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

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