#DEC441#DEC441

#DEC441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.147 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC441
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -4.81, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 65.91, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0197 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.147 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8207, 55.3937, 13.0152)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC441 #415BDE

analogous

#DE7641 #DEC441 #AADE41

triadic

#DEC441 #41DEC4 #C441DE

tetradic

#DEC441 #41DE76 #415BDE #DE41AA

square

#DEC441 #41DE76 #415BDE #DE41AA

split-complementary

#DEC441 #41AADE #7641DE

monochromatic

#8C7918 #C0A621 #DEC441 #E7D475 #F0E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DEC441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC441

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC441	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.147 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd57d',
    500: '#dec441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec441;
$custom-light: #ecd57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC441

secondary

#324192

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC441

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

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