#DEC64B#DEC64B

#DEC64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC64B
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -5.31, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 62.60, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.02 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5906, 56.4282, 14.8295)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC64B #4B63DE

analogous

#DE7C4B #DEC64B #ACDE4B

triadic

#DEC64B #4BDEC6 #C64BDE

tetradic

#DEC64B #4BDE7C #4B63DE #DE4BAC

square

#DEC64B #4BDE7C #4B63DE #DE4BAC

split-complementary

#DEC64B #4BACDE #7C4BDE

monochromatic

#94801B #C7AD25 #DEC64B #E7D67F #F1E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DEC64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC64B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC64B	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd683',
    500: '#dec64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec64b;
$custom-light: #ecd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82457,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC64B

secondary

#354598

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC64B

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

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