#DEC45C#DEC45C

#DEC45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45C
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -3.19, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 54.64, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.012 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7980, 55.7846, 18.1622)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45C #5C76DE

analogous

#DE835C #DEC45C #B7DE5C

triadic

#DEC45C #5CDEC4 #C45CDE

tetradic

#DEC45C #5CDE83 #5C76DE #DE5CB7

square

#DEC45C #5CDE83 #5C76DE #DE5CB7

split-complementary

#DEC45C #5CB7DE #835CDE

monochromatic

#9F8620 #D2B12B #DEC45C #E8D68F #F3E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DEC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45C

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45C	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58d',
    500: '#dec45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45c;
$custom-light: #ebd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82215,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45C

secondary

#3C50A3

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45C

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

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