#DEC860#DEC860

#DEC860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC860
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -4.96, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 54.15, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0166 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8918, 57.6849, 19.4123)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC860 #6076DE

analogous

#DE8960 #DEC860 #B5DE60

triadic

#DEC860 #60DEC8 #C860DE

tetradic

#DEC860 #60DE89 #6076DE #DE60B5

square

#DEC860 #60DE89 #6076DE #DE60B5

split-complementary

#DEC860 #60B5DE #8960DE

monochromatic

#A28C22 #D3B62D #DEC860 #E9DA93 #F3EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DEC860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC860

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC860	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd890',
    500: '#dec860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec860;
$custom-light: #ebd890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83077,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC860

secondary

#3D4FA5

accent

#38CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC860

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

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