#DEC262#DEC262

#DEC262 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.120 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC262
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -1.71, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 51.25, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.007 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.12 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6227, 54.9975, 19.4493)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC262 #627EDE

analogous

#DE8462 #DEC262 #BCDE62

triadic

#DEC262 #62DEC2 #C262DE

tetradic

#DEC262 #62DE84 #627EDE #DE62BC

square

#DEC262 #62DE84 #627EDE #DE62BC

split-complementary

#DEC262 #62BCDE #8462DE

monochromatic

#A38622 #D3AE2F #DEC262 #E9D695 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DEC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC262

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC262	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.120 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd491',
    500: '#dec262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec262;
$custom-light: #ebd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81879,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC262

secondary

#3E56A6

accent

#41CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC262

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

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