#DEC64C#DEC64C

#DEC64C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC64C
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -5.26, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 62.19, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0198 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.6251, 56.4420, 15.0112)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC64C #4C64DE

analogous

#DE7D4C #DEC64C #ADDE4C

triadic

#DEC64C #4CDEC6 #C64CDE

tetradic

#DEC64C #4CDE7D #4C64DE #DE4CAD

square

#DEC64C #4CDE7D #4C64DE #DE4CAD

split-complementary

#DEC64C #4CADDE #7D4CDE

monochromatic

#94801B #C8AD25 #DEC64C #E8D680 #F1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DEC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC64C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC64C	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)

#D9C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd684',
    500: '#dec64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec64c;
$custom-light: #ecd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82465,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.5644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC64C

secondary

#354699

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC64C

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

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