#DEC456#DEC456

#DEC456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC456
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -3.61, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 57.31, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0139 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(51.5461, 55.6838, 16.8352)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC456 #5670DE

analogous

#DE8056 #DEC456 #B4DE56

triadic

#DEC456 #56DEC4 #C456DE

tetradic

#DEC456 #56DE80 #5670DE #DE56B4

square

#DEC456 #56DE80 #5670DE #DE56B4

split-complementary

#DEC456 #56B4DE #8056DE

monochromatic

#9B831E #CEAF28 #DEC456 #E8D689 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DEC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC456

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC456	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58a',
    500: '#dec456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec456;
$custom-light: #ebd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82151,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.55681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC456

secondary

#394D9F

accent

#3ACF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC456

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

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