#DECC4E#DECC4E

#DECC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC4E
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -8.21, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 63.32, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.028 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.145 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0944, 59.2676, 15.8493)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC4E #4E60DE

analogous

#DE844E #DECC4E #A8DE4E

triadic

#DECC4E #4EDECC #CC4EDE

tetradic

#DECC4E #4EDE84 #4E60DE #DE4EA8

square

#DECC4E #4EDE84 #4E60DE #DE4EA8

split-complementary

#DECC4E #4EA8DE #844EDE

monochromatic

#96861C #C9B526 #DECC4E #E8DB82 #F1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DECC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC4E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC4E	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)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.145 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb85',
    500: '#decc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc4e;
$custom-light: #ecdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC4E

secondary

#36439A

accent

#52EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC4E

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

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