#DECA4D#DECA4D

#DECA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.144 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA4D
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -7.25, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 63.07, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0253 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.144 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5865, 58.3088, 15.5045)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA4D #4D61DE

analogous

#DE814D #DECA4D #A9DE4D

triadic

#DECA4D #4DDECA #CA4DDE

tetradic

#DECA4D #4DDE81 #4D61DE #DE4DA9

square

#DECA4D #4DDE81 #4D61DE #DE4DA9

split-complementary

#DECA4D #4DA9DE #814DDE

monochromatic

#95841C #C9B225 #DECA4D #E8D981 #F1E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DECA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DECA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA4D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA4D	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)

#DCC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.144 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd985',
    500: '#deca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca4d;
$custom-light: #ecd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83297,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA4D

secondary

#364499

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA4D

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

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