#DEC84F#DEC84F

#DEC84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC84F
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -6.11, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 61.59, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0219 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1920, 57.4050, 15.7267)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC84F #4F65DE

analogous

#DE814F #DEC84F #ADDE4F

triadic

#DEC84F #4FDEC8 #C84FDE

tetradic

#DEC84F #4FDE81 #4F65DE #DE4FAD

square

#DEC84F #4FDE81 #4F65DE #DE4FAD

split-complementary

#DEC84F #4FADDE #814FDE

monochromatic

#96841C #CAB126 #DEC84F #E8D883 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DEC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC84F

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC84F	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd886',
    500: '#dec84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec84f;
$custom-light: #ecd886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC84F

secondary

#37469B

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC84F

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

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