#DEC45F#DEC45F

#DEC45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.124 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC45F
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -2.97, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 53.28, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.011 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.124 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9318, 55.8381, 18.8666)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC45F #5F79DE

analogous

#DE855F #DEC45F #B8DE5F

triadic

#DEC45F #5FDEC4 #C45FDE

tetradic

#DEC45F #5FDE85 #5F79DE #DE5FB8

square

#DEC45F #5FDE85 #5F79DE #DE5FB8

split-complementary

#DEC45F #5FB8DE #855FDE

monochromatic

#A18721 #D4B12C #DEC45F #E8D792 #F3E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DEC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC45F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC45F	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.124 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58f',
    500: '#dec45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec45f;
$custom-light: #ebd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82249,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC45F

secondary

#3D52A4

accent

#3DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC45F

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

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