#DEC54D#DEC54D

#DEC54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC54D
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -4.68, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 61.46, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.018 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4323, 56.0004, 15.1198)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC54D #4D66DE

analogous

#DE7C4D #DEC54D #AEDE4D

triadic

#DEC54D #4DDEC5 #C54DDE

tetradic

#DEC54D #4DDE7C #4D66DE #DE4DAE

square

#DEC54D #4DDE7C #4D66DE #DE4DAE

split-complementary

#DEC54D #4DAEDE #7C4DDE

monochromatic

#95801C #C9AC25 #DEC54D #E8D681 #F1E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DEC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC54D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC54D	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)

#D8C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd684',
    500: '#dec54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec54d;
$custom-light: #ecd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82269,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC54D

secondary

#364799

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC54D

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

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