#DEC54C#DEC54C

#DEC54C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC54C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -4.74, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 61.88, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0183 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3973, 55.9864, 14.9353)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC54C #4C65DE

analogous

#DE7C4C #DEC54C #AEDE4C

triadic

#DEC54C #4CDEC5 #C54CDE

tetradic

#DEC54C #4CDE7C #4C65DE #DE4CAE

square

#DEC54C #4CDE7C #4C65DE #DE4CAE

split-complementary

#DEC54C #4CAEDE #7C4CDE

monochromatic

#94801B #C8AC25 #DEC54C #E8D680 #F1E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DEC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC54C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC54C	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd684',
    500: '#dec54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec54c;
$custom-light: #ecd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC54C

secondary

#354699

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC54C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →