#DEC64F#DEC64F

#DEC64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC64F
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -5.08, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 60.94, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0189 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7318, 56.4847, 15.5734)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC64F #4F67DE

analogous

#DE7F4F #DEC64F #AFDE4F

triadic

#DEC64F #4FDEC6 #C64FDE

tetradic

#DEC64F #4FDE7F #4F67DE #DE4FAF

square

#DEC64F #4FDE7F #4F67DE #DE4FAF

split-complementary

#DEC64F #4FAFDE #7F4FDE

monochromatic

#96821C #CAAE26 #DEC64F #E8D783 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC64F

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC64F	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd786',
    500: '#dec64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec64f;
$custom-light: #ecd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82492,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC64F

secondary

#37479B

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC64F

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

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