#DEC562#DEC562

#DEC562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.122 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC562
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -3.26, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 52.22, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0115 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.122 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2971, 56.3463, 19.6741)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC562 #627BDE

analogous

#DE8762 #DEC562 #B9DE62

triadic

#DEC562 #62DEC5 #C562DE

tetradic

#DEC562 #62DE87 #627BDE #DE62B9

square

#DEC562 #62DE87 #627BDE #DE62B9

split-complementary

#DEC562 #62B9DE #8762DE

monochromatic

#A38922 #D3B22F #DEC562 #E9D895 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DEC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC562

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC562	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.122 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd691',
    500: '#dec562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec562;
$custom-light: #ebd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82488,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC562

secondary

#3E53A6

accent

#3DCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC562

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

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