#DECA4C#DECA4C

#DECA4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA4C
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -7.30, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 63.47, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0256 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5515, 58.2948, 15.3200)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA4C #4C60DE

analogous

#DE814C #DECA4C #A9DE4C

triadic

#DECA4C #4CDECA #CA4CDE

tetradic

#DECA4C #4CDE81 #4C60DE #DE4CA9

square

#DECA4C #4CDE81 #4C60DE #DE4CA9

split-complementary

#DECA4C #4CA9DE #814CDE

monochromatic

#94841B #C8B225 #DECA4C #E8D980 #F1E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DECA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA4C

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA4C	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd984',
    500: '#deca4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca4c;
$custom-light: #ecd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83288,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA4C

secondary

#354399

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA4C

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

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