#DEC44F#DEC44F

#DEC44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC44F
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -4.05, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 60.32, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.016 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2777, 55.5765, 15.4220)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC44F #4F69DE

analogous

#DE7D4F #DEC44F #B1DE4F

triadic

#DEC44F #4FDEC4 #C44FDE

tetradic

#DEC44F #4FDE7D #4F69DE #DE4FB1

square

#DEC44F #4FDE7D #4F69DE #DE4FB1

split-complementary

#DEC44F #4FB1DE #7D4FDE

monochromatic

#96801C #CAAC26 #DEC44F #E8D583 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DEC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC44F

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC44F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd585',
    500: '#dec44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec44f;
$custom-light: #ecd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82083,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC44F

secondary

#37499B

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC44F

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

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