#DEC250#DEC250

#DEC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC250
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -2.96, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 59.28, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0127 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8663, 54.6949, 15.4658)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC250 #506CDE

analogous

#DE7B50 #DEC250 #B3DE50

triadic

#DEC250 #50DEC2 #C250DE

tetradic

#DEC250 #50DE7B #506CDE #DE50B3

square

#DEC250 #50DE7B #506CDE #DE50B3

split-complementary

#DEC250 #50B3DE #7B50DE

monochromatic

#977F1C #CBAA26 #DEC250 #E8D483 #F1E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC250

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC250	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd486',
    500: '#dec250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec250;
$custom-light: #ecd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC250

secondary

#374B9B

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC250

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

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