#DEC461#DEC461

#DEC461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC461
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -2.82, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 52.36, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0103 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.123 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0239, 55.8749, 19.3516)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC461 #617BDE

analogous

#DE8561 #DEC461 #B9DE61

triadic

#DEC461 #61DEC4 #C461DE

tetradic

#DEC461 #61DE85 #617BDE #DE61B9

square

#DEC461 #61DE85 #617BDE #DE61B9

split-complementary

#DEC461 #61B9DE #8561DE

monochromatic

#A38822 #D3B12E #DEC461 #E9D794 #F3EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DEC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC461

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC461	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#D5C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd591',
    500: '#dec461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec461;
$custom-light: #ebd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82273,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC461

secondary

#3E53A6

accent

#3ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC461

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

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