#DEC541#DEC541

#DEC541 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC541
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -5.33, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 66.20, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0212 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0470, 55.8463, 13.0906)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC541 #415ADE

analogous

#DE7741 #DEC541 #A9DE41

triadic

#DEC541 #41DEC5 #C541DE

tetradic

#DEC541 #41DE77 #415ADE #DE41A9

square

#DEC541 #41DE77 #415ADE #DE41A9

split-complementary

#DEC541 #41A9DE #7741DE

monochromatic

#8C7A18 #C0A721 #DEC541 #E7D575 #F0E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DEC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC541

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC541	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd67e',
    500: '#dec541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec541;
$custom-light: #ecd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC541

secondary

#324192

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC541

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

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