#DEC94F#DEC94F

#DEC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC94F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -6.62, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 61.91, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0233 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4244, 57.8697, 15.8042)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC94F #4F64DE

analogous

#DE824F #DEC94F #ACDE4F

triadic

#DEC94F #4FDEC9 #C94FDE

tetradic

#DEC94F #4FDE82 #4F64DE #DE4FAC

square

#DEC94F #4FDE82 #4F64DE #DE4FAC

split-complementary

#DEC94F #4FACDE #824FDE

monochromatic

#96841C #CAB226 #DEC94F #E8D983 #F1E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC94F

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC94F	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)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd986',
    500: '#dec94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec94f;
$custom-light: #ecd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83108,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC94F

secondary

#37459B

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC94F

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

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