#DEC256#DEC256

#DEC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC256
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -2.57, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 56.68, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0109 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0980, 54.7876, 16.6859)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC256 #5672DE

analogous

#DE7E56 #DEC256 #B6DE56

triadic

#DEC256 #56DEC2 #C256DE

tetradic

#DEC256 #56DE7E #5672DE #DE56B6

square

#DEC256 #56DE7E #5672DE #DE56B6

split-complementary

#DEC256 #56B6DE #7E56DE

monochromatic

#9B821E #CEAC28 #DEC256 #E8D489 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#DEC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC256

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC256	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#dec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec256;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81744,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC256

secondary

#394E9F

accent

#3CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC256

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

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