#DEC44D#DEC44D

#DEC44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC44D
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -4.17, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 61.15, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0165 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2060, 55.5478, 15.0443)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC44D #4D67DE

analogous

#DE7B4D #DEC44D #AFDE4D

triadic

#DEC44D #4DDEC4 #C44DDE

tetradic

#DEC44D #4DDE7B #4D67DE #DE4DAF

square

#DEC44D #4DDE7B #4D67DE #DE4DAF

split-complementary

#DEC44D #4DAFDE #7B4DDE

monochromatic

#957F1C #C9AB25 #DEC44D #E8D581 #F1E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DEC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC44D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC44D	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)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd584',
    500: '#dec44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec44d;
$custom-light: #ecd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82065,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC44D

secondary

#364899

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC44D

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

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