#DEC460#DEC460

#DEC460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC460
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -2.90, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 52.82, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0107 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.123 95)
XYZ	xyz(51.9775, 55.8564, 19.1076)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC460 #607ADE

analogous

#DE8560 #DEC460 #B9DE60

triadic

#DEC460 #60DEC4 #C460DE

tetradic

#DEC460 #60DE85 #607ADE #DE60B9

square

#DEC460 #60DE85 #607ADE #DE60B9

split-complementary

#DEC460 #60B9DE #8560DE

monochromatic

#A28722 #D3B12D #DEC460 #E9D793 #F3EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DEC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC460

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC460	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd590',
    500: '#dec460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec460;
$custom-light: #ebd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.55854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC460

secondary

#3D53A5

accent

#3DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC460

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

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