#DEC74C#DEC74C

#DEC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC74C
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -5.77, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 62.50, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0212 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8544, 56.9007, 15.0876)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC74C #4C63DE

analogous

#DE7E4C #DEC74C #ACDE4C

triadic

#DEC74C #4CDEC7 #C74CDE

tetradic

#DEC74C #4CDE7E #4C63DE #DE4CAC

square

#DEC74C #4CDE7E #4C63DE #DE4CAC

split-complementary

#DEC74C #4CACDE #7E4CDE

monochromatic

#94811B #C8AE25 #DEC74C #E8D780 #F1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DEC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC74C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC74C	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)

#DAC23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd784',
    500: '#dec74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec74c;
$custom-light: #ecd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82671,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC74C

secondary

#354599

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC74C

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

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