#DECC4D#DECC4D

#DECC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC4D
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -8.26, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 63.73, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0282 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0588, 59.2534, 15.6620)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC4D #4D5FDE

analogous

#DE834D #DECC4D #A7DE4D

triadic

#DECC4D #4DDECC #CC4DDE

tetradic

#DECC4D #4DDE83 #4D5FDE #DE4DA7

square

#DECC4D #4DDE83 #4D5FDE #DE4DA7

split-complementary

#DECC4D #4DA7DE #834DDE

monochromatic

#95861C #C9B425 #DECC4D #E8DB81 #F1EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DECC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC4D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC4D	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb85',
    500: '#decc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc4d;
$custom-light: #ecdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8371,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC4D

secondary

#364299

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC4D

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

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