#DEC84B#DEC84B

#DEC84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC84B
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -6.34, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 63.23, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.023 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0508, 57.3485, 14.9829)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC84B #4B61DE

analogous

#DE7E4B #DEC84B #ABDE4B

triadic

#DEC84B #4BDEC8 #C84BDE

tetradic

#DEC84B #4BDE7E #4B61DE #DE4BAB

square

#DEC84B #4BDE7E #4B61DE #DE4BAB

split-complementary

#DEC84B #4BABDE #7E4BDE

monochromatic

#94821B #C7AF25 #DEC84B #E7D87F #F1E8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DEC84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC84B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC84B	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd883',
    500: '#dec84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec84b;
$custom-light: #ecd883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC84B

secondary

#354498

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC84B

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

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