#DEC94D#DEC94D

#DEC94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC94D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -6.74, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 62.74, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0239 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3527, 57.8411, 15.4266)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC94D #4D62DE

analogous

#DE804D #DEC94D #AADE4D

triadic

#DEC94D #4DDEC9 #C94DDE

tetradic

#DEC94D #4DDE80 #4D62DE #DE4DAA

square

#DEC94D #4DDE80 #4D62DE #DE4DAA

split-complementary

#DEC94D #4DAADE #804DDE

monochromatic

#95831C #C9B125 #DEC94D #E8D981 #F1E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC94D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC94D	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)

#DBC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#dec94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec94d;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83091,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC94D

secondary

#364499

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC94D

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

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