#DEC45D#DEC45D

#DEC45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.126 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45D
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -3.12, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 54.19, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0117 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.126 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8420, 55.8022, 18.3940)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45D #5D77DE

analogous

#DE845D #DEC45D #B8DE5D

triadic

#DEC45D #5DDEC4 #C45DDE

tetradic

#DEC45D #5DDE84 #5D77DE #DE5DB8

square

#DEC45D #5DDE84 #5D77DE #DE5DB8

split-complementary

#DEC45D #5DB8DE #845DDE

monochromatic

#A08621 #D3B12B #DEC45D #E8D790 #F3E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DEC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45D	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)

#D6C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.126 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58e',
    500: '#dec45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45d;
$custom-light: #ebd58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82227,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45D

secondary

#3C51A3

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45D

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

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