#DEC741#DEC741

#DEC741 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.150 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC741
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -6.35, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 66.81, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0241 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.15 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5042, 56.7606, 13.2430)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC741 #4158DE

analogous

#DE7941 #DEC741 #A7DE41

triadic

#DEC741 #41DEC7 #C741DE

tetradic

#DEC741 #41DE79 #4158DE #DE41A7

square

#DEC741 #41DE79 #4158DE #DE41A7

split-complementary

#DEC741 #41A7DE #7941DE

monochromatic

#8C7B18 #C0A921 #DEC741 #E7D675 #F0E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC741

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC741	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.150 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd77e',
    500: '#dec741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec741;
$custom-light: #ecd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82583,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC741

secondary

#324092

accent

#55ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC741

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

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