#DEC462#DEC462

#DEC462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC462
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -2.74, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 51.90, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.01 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.122 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0708, 55.8937, 19.5987)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC462 #627CDE

analogous

#DE8662 #DEC462 #BADE62

triadic

#DEC462 #62DEC4 #C462DE

tetradic

#DEC462 #62DE86 #627CDE #DE62BA

square

#DEC462 #62DE86 #627CDE #DE62BA

split-complementary

#DEC462 #62BADE #8662DE

monochromatic

#A38822 #D3B12F #DEC462 #E9D795 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DEC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC462

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC462	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd591',
    500: '#dec462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec462;
$custom-light: #ebd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC462

secondary

#3E54A6

accent

#3ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC462

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

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