#DEC84E#DEC84E

#DEC84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC84E
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -6.17, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 62.00, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0221 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.1559, 57.3906, 15.5365)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC84E #4E64DE

analogous

#DE804E #DEC84E #ACDE4E

triadic

#DEC84E #4EDEC8 #C84EDE

tetradic

#DEC84E #4EDE80 #4E64DE #DE4EAC

square

#DEC84E #4EDE80 #4E64DE #DE4EAC

split-complementary

#DEC84E #4EACDE #804EDE

monochromatic

#96831C #C9B026 #DEC84E #E8D882 #F1E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DEC84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC84E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC84E	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd885',
    500: '#dec84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec84e;
$custom-light: #ecd885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82894,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC84E

secondary

#36459A

accent

#57EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC84E

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

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