#DEC45A#DEC45A

#DEC45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45A
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -3.33, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 55.54, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0126 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7118, 55.7501, 17.7079)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45A #5A74DE

analogous

#DE825A #DEC45A #B6DE5A

triadic

#DEC45A #5ADEC4 #C45ADE

tetradic

#DEC45A #5ADE82 #5A74DE #DE5AB6

square

#DEC45A #5ADE82 #5A74DE #DE5AB6

split-complementary

#DEC45A #5AB6DE #825ADE

monochromatic

#9E8520 #D1B02A #DEC45A #E8D68D #F2E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DEC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45A	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58c',
    500: '#dec45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45a;
$custom-light: #ebd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82194,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45A

secondary

#3B4FA1

accent

#3BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45A

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

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