#DEC841#DEC841

#DEC841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.150 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC841
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -6.86, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 67.11, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0255 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.15 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7350, 57.2222, 13.3199)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC841 #4157DE

analogous

#DE7A41 #DEC841 #A6DE41

triadic

#DEC841 #41DEC8 #C841DE

tetradic

#DEC841 #41DE7A #4157DE #DE41A6

square

#DEC841 #41DE7A #4157DE #DE41A6

split-complementary

#DEC841 #41A6DE #7A41DE

monochromatic

#8C7C18 #C0AA21 #DEC841 #E7D775 #F0E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC841

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC841	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)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.150 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd87e',
    500: '#dec841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec841;
$custom-light: #ecd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.592,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82789,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC841

secondary

#323F92

accent

#54ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC841

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

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