#DEC45E#DEC45E

#DEC45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.125 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45E
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -3.05, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 53.73, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0113 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.125 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8866, 55.8200, 18.6288)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45E #5E78DE

analogous

#DE845E #DEC45E #B8DE5E

triadic

#DEC45E #5EDEC4 #C45EDE

tetradic

#DEC45E #5EDE84 #5E78DE #DE5EB8

square

#DEC45E #5EDE84 #5E78DE #DE5EB8

split-complementary

#DEC45E #5EB8DE #845EDE

monochromatic

#A18721 #D3B12B #DEC45E #E8D791 #F3E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DEC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45E	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)

#D6C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.125 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58f',
    500: '#dec45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45e;
$custom-light: #ebd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82238,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45E

secondary

#3C51A4

accent

#3DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45E

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

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