#DEC84C#DEC84C

#DEC84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC84C
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -6.28, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 62.82, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0227 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0853, 57.3623, 15.1646)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC84C #4C62DE

analogous

#DE7F4C #DEC84C #ABDE4C

triadic

#DEC84C #4CDEC8 #C84CDE

tetradic

#DEC84C #4CDE7F #4C62DE #DE4CAB

square

#DEC84C #4CDE7F #4C62DE #DE4CAB

split-complementary

#DEC84C #4CABDE #7F4CDE

monochromatic

#94821B #C8AF25 #DEC84C #E8D880 #F1E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DEC84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC84C

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC84C	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)

#DAC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd884',
    500: '#dec84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec84c;
$custom-light: #ecd884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82876,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC84C

secondary

#354499

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC84C

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

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