#DEC252#DEC252

#DEC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC252
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -2.83, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 58.43, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0121 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9413, 54.7249, 15.8607)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC252 #526EDE

analogous

#DE7C52 #DEC252 #B4DE52

triadic

#DEC252 #52DEC2 #C252DE

tetradic

#DEC252 #52DE7C #526EDE #DE52B4

square

#DEC252 #52DE7C #526EDE #DE52B4

split-complementary

#DEC252 #52B4DE #7C52DE

monochromatic

#99801D #CCAB27 #DEC252 #E8D485 #F2E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC252

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC252	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)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd487',
    500: '#dec252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec252;
$custom-light: #ecd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81704,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC252

secondary

#384C9D

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC252

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

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