#DEC260#DEC260

#DEC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC260
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -1.86, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 52.18, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0077 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.122 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5294, 54.9602, 18.9582)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC260 #607CDE

analogous

#DE8360 #DEC260 #BBDE60

triadic

#DEC260 #60DEC2 #C260DE

tetradic

#DEC260 #60DE83 #607CDE #DE60BB

square

#DEC260 #60DE83 #607CDE #DE60BB

split-complementary

#DEC260 #60BBDE #8360DE

monochromatic

#A28522 #D3AF2D #DEC260 #E9D593 #F3E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DEC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC260

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC260	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd490',
    500: '#dec260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec260;
$custom-light: #ebd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81855,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC260

secondary

#3D54A5

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC260

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

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