#DEC64A#DEC64A

#DEC64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC64A
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -5.37, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 63.00, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0203 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5567, 56.4146, 14.6507)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC64A #4A62DE

analogous

#DE7C4A #DEC64A #ACDE4A

triadic

#DEC64A #4ADEC6 #C64ADE

tetradic

#DEC64A #4ADE7C #4A62DE #DE4AAC

square

#DEC64A #4ADE7C #4A62DE #DE4AAC

split-complementary

#DEC64A #4AACDE #7C4ADE

monochromatic

#937F1B #C7AC24 #DEC64A #E7D67E #F1E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC64A

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC64A	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd683',
    500: '#dec64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec64a;
$custom-light: #ecd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82448,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC64A

secondary

#354598

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC64A

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

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