#DEC248#DEC248

#DEC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC248
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -3.42, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 62.60, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.015 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5881, 54.5836, 14.0007)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC248 #4864DE

analogous

#DE7748 #DEC248 #AFDE48

triadic

#DEC248 #48DEC2 #C248DE

tetradic

#DEC248 #48DE77 #4864DE #DE48AF

square

#DEC248 #48DE77 #4864DE #DE48AF

split-complementary

#DEC248 #48AFDE #7748DE

monochromatic

#917B1A #C5A724 #DEC248 #E7D37C #F1E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DEC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC248

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC248	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd481',
    500: '#dec248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec248;
$custom-light: #ecd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81613,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC248

secondary

#344696

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC248

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

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