#DEC44A#DEC44A

#DEC44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC44A
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -4.34, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 62.39, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0174 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1025, 55.5064, 14.4993)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC44A #4A64DE

analogous

#DE7A4A #DEC44A #AEDE4A

triadic

#DEC44A #4ADEC4 #C44ADE

tetradic

#DEC44A #4ADE7A #4A64DE #DE4AAE

square

#DEC44A #4ADE7A #4A64DE #DE4AAE

split-complementary

#DEC44A #4AAEDE #7A4ADE

monochromatic

#937E1B #C7AA24 #DEC44A #E7D57E #F1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DEC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC44A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC44A	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd582',
    500: '#dec44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec44a;
$custom-light: #ecd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82039,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC44A

secondary

#354698

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC44A

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

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