#DEC463#DEC463

#DEC463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.121 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC463
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -2.67, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 51.43, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0096 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.121 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1183, 55.9127, 19.8489)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC463 #637DDE

analogous

#DE8663 #DEC463 #BADE63

triadic

#DEC463 #63DEC4 #C463DE

tetradic

#DEC463 #63DE86 #637DDE #DE63BA

square

#DEC463 #63DE86 #637DDE #DE63BA

split-complementary

#DEC463 #63BADE #8663DE

monochromatic

#A48923 #D3B130 #DEC463 #E9D796 #F3EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DEC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC463

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC463	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)

#D5C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.121 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd592',
    500: '#dec463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec463;
$custom-light: #ebd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82297,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC463

secondary

#3E54A7

accent

#3FCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC463

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

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