#DEC44C#DEC44C

#DEC44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC44C
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -4.23, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 61.57, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0168 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1710, 55.5338, 14.8598)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC44C #4C66DE

analogous

#DE7B4C #DEC44C #AFDE4C

triadic

#DEC44C #4CDEC4 #C44CDE

tetradic

#DEC44C #4CDE7B #4C66DE #DE4CAF

square

#DEC44C #4CDE7B #4C66DE #DE4CAF

split-complementary

#DEC44C #4CAFDE #7B4CDE

monochromatic

#947F1B #C8AB25 #DEC44C #E8D580 #F1E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DEC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC44C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC44C	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd584',
    500: '#dec44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec44c;
$custom-light: #ecd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82056,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC44C

secondary

#354799

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC44C

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

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