#DEC862#DEC862

#DEC862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC862
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -4.81, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 53.24, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0159 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9851, 57.7222, 19.9035)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC862 #6278DE

analogous

#DE8A62 #DEC862 #B6DE62

triadic

#DEC862 #62DEC8 #C862DE

tetradic

#DEC862 #62DE8A #6278DE #DE62B6

square

#DEC862 #62DE8A #6278DE #DE62B6

split-complementary

#DEC862 #62B6DE #8A62DE

monochromatic

#A38C22 #D3B62F #DEC862 #E9DA95 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DEC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC862

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC862	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd892',
    500: '#dec862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec862;
$custom-light: #ebd892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.831,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC862

secondary

#3E50A6

accent

#38CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC862

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

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