#DEC64D#DEC64D

#DEC64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; 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	#DEC64D
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -5.20, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 61.78, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0195 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.6601, 56.4560, 15.1957)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC64D #4D65DE

analogous

#DE7D4D #DEC64D #ADDE4D

triadic

#DEC64D #4DDEC6 #C64DDE

tetradic

#DEC64D #4DDE7D #4D65DE #DE4DAD

square

#DEC64D #4DDE7D #4D65DE #DE4DAD

split-complementary

#DEC64D #4DADDE #7D4DDE

monochromatic

#95811C #C9AE25 #DEC64D #E8D781 #F1E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DEC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC64D

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC64D	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)

#D9C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd784',
    500: '#dec64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec64d;
$custom-light: #ecd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82474,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.56454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC64D

secondary

#364699

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC64D

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

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