#DEC74B#DEC74B

#DEC74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC74B
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -5.83, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 62.91, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0215 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8199, 56.8869, 14.9060)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC74B #4B62DE

analogous

#DE7D4B #DEC74B #ABDE4B

triadic

#DEC74B #4BDEC7 #C74BDE

tetradic

#DEC74B #4BDE7D #4B62DE #DE4BAB

square

#DEC74B #4BDE7D #4B62DE #DE4BAB

split-complementary

#DEC74B #4BABDE #7D4BDE

monochromatic

#94811B #C7AE25 #DEC74B #E7D77F #F1E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DEC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC74B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC74B	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd783',
    500: '#dec74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec74b;
$custom-light: #ecd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC74B

secondary

#354598

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC74B

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

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