#DEC54F#DEC54F

#DEC54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC54F
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -4.57, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 60.63, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0175 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5040, 56.0291, 15.4974)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC54F #4F68DE

analogous

#DE7E4F #DEC54F #B0DE4F

triadic

#DEC54F #4FDEC5 #C54FDE

tetradic

#DEC54F #4FDE7E #4F68DE #DE4FB0

square

#DEC54F #4FDE7E #4F68DE #DE4FB0

split-complementary

#DEC54F #4FB0DE #7E4FDE

monochromatic

#96811C #CAAD26 #DEC54F #E8D683 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC54F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC54F	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd686',
    500: '#dec54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec54f;
$custom-light: #ecd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC54F

secondary

#37489B

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC54F

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

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