#DECC4F#DECC4F

#DECC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC4F
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -8.15, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 62.91, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0277 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1305, 59.2821, 16.0396)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC4F #4F61DE

analogous

#DE854F #DECC4F #A8DE4F

triadic

#DECC4F #4FDECC #CC4FDE

tetradic

#DECC4F #4FDE85 #4F61DE #DE4FA8

square

#DECC4F #4FDE85 #4F61DE #DE4FA8

split-complementary

#DECC4F #4FA8DE #854FDE

monochromatic

#96871C #CAB526 #DECC4F #E8DB83 #F1EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DECC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC4F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC4F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdb86',
    500: '#decc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc4f;
$custom-light: #ecdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83727,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC4F

secondary

#37439B

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC4F

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

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