#DEC641#DEC641

#DEC641 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.149 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC641
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -5.84, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 66.50, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0226 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.149 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2749, 56.3019, 13.1665)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC641 #4159DE

analogous

#DE7841 #DEC641 #A8DE41

triadic

#DEC641 #41DEC6 #C641DE

tetradic

#DEC641 #41DE78 #4159DE #DE41A8

square

#DEC641 #41DE78 #4159DE #DE41A8

split-complementary

#DEC641 #41A8DE #7841DE

monochromatic

#8C7B18 #C0A821 #DEC641 #E7D675 #F0E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC641

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC641	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.149 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd67e',
    500: '#dec641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec641;
$custom-light: #ecd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC641

secondary

#324092

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC641

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

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