#DECE4F#DECE4F

#DECE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE4F
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -9.16, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 63.60, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0306 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6089, 60.2389, 16.1991)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE4F #4F5FDE

analogous

#DE874F #DECE4F #A7DE4F

triadic

#DECE4F #4FDECE #CE4FDE

tetradic

#DECE4F #4FDE87 #4F5FDE #DE4FA7

square

#DECE4F #4FDE87 #4F5FDE #DE4FA7

split-complementary

#DECE4F #4FA7DE #874FDE

monochromatic

#96891C #CAB826 #DECE4F #E8DC83 #F1EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DECE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE4F

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE4F	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdc86',
    500: '#dece4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece4f;
$custom-light: #ecdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84141,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE4F

secondary

#37429B

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE4F

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

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