#DEC762#DEC762

#DEC762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC762
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -4.29, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 52.89, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0145 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7542, 57.2606, 19.8265)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC762 #6279DE

analogous

#DE8962 #DEC762 #B7DE62

triadic

#DEC762 #62DEC7 #C762DE

tetradic

#DEC762 #62DE89 #6279DE #DE62B7

square

#DEC762 #62DE89 #6279DE #DE62B7

split-complementary

#DEC762 #62B7DE #8962DE

monochromatic

#A38B22 #D3B52F #DEC762 #E9D995 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DEC762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC762

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC762	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd791',
    500: '#dec762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec762;
$custom-light: #ebd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82896,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC762

secondary

#3E51A6

accent

#3ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC762

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

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