#DECE40#DECE40

#DECE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.156 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE40
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -9.96, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 69.37, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0344 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.156 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1232, 60.0446, 13.6410)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE40 #4050DE

analogous

#DE7F40 #DECE40 #9FDE40

triadic

#DECE40 #40DECE #CE40DE

tetradic

#DECE40 #40DE7F #4050DE #DE409F

square

#DECE40 #40DE7F #4050DE #DE409F

split-complementary

#DECE40 #409FDE #7F40DE

monochromatic

#8B8018 #C0B021 #DECE40 #E7DB74 #F0E9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DECE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE40

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE40	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.156 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc7e',
    500: '#dece40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece40;
$custom-light: #ecdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84024,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE40

secondary

#313B91

accent

#4DED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE40

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

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