#DEC74E#DEC74E

#DEC74E 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 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC74E
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -5.65, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 61.68, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0207 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9250, 56.9289, 15.4595)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC74E #4E65DE

analogous

#DE7F4E #DEC74E #ADDE4E

triadic

#DEC74E #4EDEC7 #C74EDE

tetradic

#DEC74E #4EDE7F #4E65DE #DE4EAD

square

#DEC74E #4EDE7F #4E65DE #DE4EAD

split-complementary

#DEC74E #4EADDE #7F4EDE

monochromatic

#96821C #C9AF26 #DEC74E #E8D782 #F1E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC74E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC74E	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd785',
    500: '#dec74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec74e;
$custom-light: #ecd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82688,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC74E

secondary

#36469A

accent

#58EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC74E

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

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