#DEC160#DEC160

#DEC160 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC160
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -1.34, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 51.87, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0062 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.121 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3076, 54.5165, 18.8843)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC160 #607DDE

analogous

#DE8260 #DEC160 #BCDE60

triadic

#DEC160 #60DEC1 #C160DE

tetradic

#DEC160 #60DE82 #607DDE #DE60BC

square

#DEC160 #60DE82 #607DDE #DE60BC

split-complementary

#DEC160 #60BCDE #8260DE

monochromatic

#A28422 #D3AD2D #DEC160 #E9D593 #F3E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DEC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC160

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC160	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd390',
    500: '#dec160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec160;
$custom-light: #ebd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC160

secondary

#3D55A5

accent

#42CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC160

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

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