#DEC74D#DEC74D

#DEC74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC74D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -5.71, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 62.09, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.021 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8895, 56.9147, 15.2722)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC74D #4D64DE

analogous

#DE7E4D #DEC74D #ACDE4D

triadic

#DEC74D #4DDEC7 #C74DDE

tetradic

#DEC74D #4DDE7E #4D64DE #DE4DAC

square

#DEC74D #4DDE7E #4D64DE #DE4DAC

split-complementary

#DEC74D #4DACDE #7E4DDE

monochromatic

#95821C #C9AF25 #DEC74D #E8D781 #F1E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DEC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC74D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC74D	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)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd784',
    500: '#dec74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec74d;
$custom-light: #ecd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82679,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC74D

secondary

#364699

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC74D

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

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