#DEC840#DEC840

#DEC840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.151 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC840
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -6.91, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 67.48, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0258 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.151 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7063, 57.2107, 13.1687)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC840 #4056DE

analogous

#DE7940 #DEC840 #A5DE40

triadic

#DEC840 #40DEC8 #C840DE

tetradic

#DEC840 #40DE79 #4056DE #DE40A5

square

#DEC840 #40DE79 #4056DE #DE40A5

split-complementary

#DEC840 #40A5DE #7940DE

monochromatic

#8B7B18 #C0AA21 #DEC840 #E7D774 #F0E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC840

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC840	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.151 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd87d',
    500: '#dec840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec840;
$custom-light: #ecd87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82782,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC840

secondary

#313F91

accent

#53ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC840

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

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