#DEC162#DEC162

#DEC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC162
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -1.19, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 50.94, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0055 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.119 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4009, 54.5538, 19.3754)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC162 #627FDE

analogous

#DE8362 #DEC162 #BDDE62

triadic

#DEC162 #62DEC1 #C162DE

tetradic

#DEC162 #62DE83 #627FDE #DE62BD

square

#DEC162 #62DE83 #627FDE #DE62BD

split-complementary

#DEC162 #62BDDE #8362DE

monochromatic

#A38522 #D3AD2F #DEC162 #E9D595 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DEC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC162

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC162	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd391',
    500: '#dec162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec162;
$custom-light: #ebd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC162

secondary

#3E56A6

accent

#43CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC162

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

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