#DEC74F#DEC74F

#DEC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC74F
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -5.59, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 61.26, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0204 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9612, 56.9434, 15.6498)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC74F #4F66DE

analogous

#DE804F #DEC74F #ADDE4F

triadic

#DEC74F #4FDEC7 #C74FDE

tetradic

#DEC74F #4FDE80 #4F66DE #DE4FAD

square

#DEC74F #4FDE80 #4F66DE #DE4FAD

split-complementary

#DEC74F #4FADDE #804FDE

monochromatic

#96831C #CAB026 #DEC74F #E8D783 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC74F

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC74F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd786',
    500: '#dec74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec74f;
$custom-light: #ecd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82697,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC74F

secondary

#37479B

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC74F

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

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