#DEC849#DEC849

#DEC849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC849
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -6.45, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 64.03, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0235 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9834, 57.3216, 14.6281)
Luminance	0.5732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC849 #495FDE

analogous

#DE7D49 #DEC849 #A9DE49

triadic

#DEC849 #49DEC8 #C849DE

tetradic

#DEC849 #49DE7D #495FDE #DE49A9

square

#DEC849 #49DE7D #495FDE #DE49A9

split-complementary

#DEC849 #49A9DE #7D49DE

monochromatic

#92801A #C6AE24 #DEC849 #E7D87D #F1E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DEC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC849

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC849	1.00	1.68	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd882',
    500: '#dec849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec849;
$custom-light: #ecd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82851,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC849

secondary

#344397

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC849

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

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