#DEC54B#DEC54B

#DEC54B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC54B
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -4.80, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 62.28, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0186 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3628, 55.9726, 14.7536)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC54B #4B64DE

analogous

#DE7B4B #DEC54B #ADDE4B

triadic

#DEC54B #4BDEC5 #C54BDE

tetradic

#DEC54B #4BDE7B #4B64DE #DE4BAD

square

#DEC54B #4BDE7B #4B64DE #DE4BAD

split-complementary

#DEC54B #4BADDE #7B4BDE

monochromatic

#947F1B #C7AC25 #DEC54B #E7D67F #F1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DEC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC54B

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC54B	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd683',
    500: '#dec54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec54b;
$custom-light: #ecd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82252,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC54B

secondary

#354698

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC54B

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

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