#DEC94C#DEC94C

#DEC94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC94C
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -6.79, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.15, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0242 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3176, 57.8270, 15.2420)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC94C #4C61DE

analogous

#DE804C #DEC94C #AADE4C

triadic

#DEC94C #4CDEC9 #C94CDE

tetradic

#DEC94C #4CDE80 #4C61DE #DE4CAA

square

#DEC94C #4CDE80 #4C61DE #DE4CAA

split-complementary

#DEC94C #4CAADE #804CDE

monochromatic

#94831B #C8B025 #DEC94C #E8D980 #F1E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC94C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC94C	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd984',
    500: '#dec94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec94c;
$custom-light: #ecd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83082,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC94C

secondary

#354499

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC94C

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

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