#DEC44B#DEC44B

#DEC44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC44B
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -4.29, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 61.98, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0171 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.1365, 55.5200, 14.6781)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC44B #4B65DE

analogous

#DE7A4B #DEC44B #AEDE4B

triadic

#DEC44B #4BDEC4 #C44BDE

tetradic

#DEC44B #4BDE7A #4B65DE #DE4BAE

square

#DEC44B #4BDE7A #4B65DE #DE4BAE

split-complementary

#DEC44B #4BAEDE #7A4BDE

monochromatic

#947E1B #C7AA25 #DEC44B #E7D57F #F1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DEC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC44B

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC44B	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)

#D7C03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd583',
    500: '#dec44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec44b;
$custom-light: #ecd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC44B

secondary

#354798

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC44B

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

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