#DEC263#DEC263

#DEC263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.119 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC263
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -1.63, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 50.79, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0067 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.119 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6702, 55.0165, 19.6995)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC263 #637FDE

analogous

#DE8463 #DEC263 #BDDE63

triadic

#DEC263 #63DEC2 #C263DE

tetradic

#DEC263 #63DE84 #637FDE #DE63BD

square

#DEC263 #63DE84 #637FDE #DE63BD

split-complementary

#DEC263 #63BDDE #8463DE

monochromatic

#A48623 #D3AE30 #DEC263 #E9D696 #F3EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DEC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC263

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC263	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)

#D3BF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.119 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd492',
    500: '#dec263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec263;
$custom-light: #ebd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC263

secondary

#3E56A7

accent

#42CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC263

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

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