#DEC450#DEC450

#DEC450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC450
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -3.99, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 59.90, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0157 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3144, 55.5911, 15.6151)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC450 #506ADE

analogous

#DE7D50 #DEC450 #B1DE50

triadic

#DEC450 #50DEC4 #C450DE

tetradic

#DEC450 #50DE7D #506ADE #DE50B1

square

#DEC450 #50DE7D #506ADE #DE50B1

split-complementary

#DEC450 #50B1DE #7D50DE

monochromatic

#97811C #CBAC26 #DEC450 #E8D583 #F1E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DEC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC450

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC450	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd586',
    500: '#dec450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec450;
$custom-light: #ecd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82092,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC450

secondary

#37499B

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC450

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

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