#DEC545#DEC545

#DEC545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.146 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC545
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -5.13, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 64.68, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0202 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.146 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.1670, 55.8943, 13.7226)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC545 #455EDE

analogous

#DE7945 #DEC545 #ABDE45

triadic

#DEC545 #45DEC5 #C545DE

tetradic

#DEC545 #45DE79 #455EDE #DE45AB

square

#DEC545 #45DE79 #455EDE #DE45AB

split-complementary

#DEC545 #45ABDE #7945DE

monochromatic

#8F7C19 #C3A923 #DEC545 #E7D579 #F0E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DEC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC545

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC545	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.146 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd680',
    500: '#dec545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec545;
$custom-light: #ecd680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.55892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC545

secondary

#334394

accent

#58ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC545

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

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