#DEC662#DEC662

#DEC662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.123 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC662
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -3.78, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 52.56, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.013 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.123 96)
XYZ	xyz(52.5249, 56.8019, 19.7501)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC662 #627ADE

analogous

#DE8862 #DEC662 #B8DE62

triadic

#DEC662 #62DEC6 #C662DE

tetradic

#DEC662 #62DE88 #627ADE #DE62B8

square

#DEC662 #62DE88 #627ADE #DE62B8

split-complementary

#DEC662 #62B8DE #8862DE

monochromatic

#A38A22 #D3B42F #DEC662 #E9D895 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DEC662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC662

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC662	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.123 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd791',
    500: '#dec662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec662;
$custom-light: #ebd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82692,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC662

secondary

#3E52A6

accent

#3BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC662

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

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