#DEC451#DEC451

#DEC451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC451
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -3.93, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 59.47, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0154 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3516, 55.6060, 15.8112)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC451 #516BDE

analogous

#DE7E51 #DEC451 #B2DE51

triadic

#DEC451 #51DEC4 #C451DE

tetradic

#DEC451 #51DE7E #516BDE #DE51B2

square

#DEC451 #51DE7E #516BDE #DE51B2

split-complementary

#DEC451 #51B2DE #7E51DE

monochromatic

#98811D #CBAD27 #DEC451 #E8D584 #F2E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DEC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC451

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC451	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)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd587',
    500: '#dec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec451;
$custom-light: #ecd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82102,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC451

secondary

#374A9C

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC451

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

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