#DEC560#DEC560

#DEC560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC560
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -3.41, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 53.14, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0122 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2038, 56.3090, 19.1830)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC560 #6079DE

analogous

#DE8660 #DEC560 #B8DE60

triadic

#DEC560 #60DEC5 #C560DE

tetradic

#DEC560 #60DE86 #6079DE #DE60B8

square

#DEC560 #60DE86 #6079DE #DE60B8

split-complementary

#DEC560 #60B8DE #8660DE

monochromatic

#A28922 #D3B32D #DEC560 #E9D793 #F3EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC560

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC560	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd690',
    500: '#dec560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec560;
$custom-light: #ebd690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82465,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC560

secondary

#3D52A5

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC560

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

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