#DEC962#DEC962

#DEC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC962
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -5.32, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 53.58, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0174 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(53.2174, 58.1870, 19.9809)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC962 #6277DE

analogous

#DE8B62 #DEC962 #B5DE62

triadic

#DEC962 #62DEC9 #C962DE

tetradic

#DEC962 #62DE8B #6277DE #DE62B5

square

#DEC962 #62DE8B #6277DE #DE62B5

split-complementary

#DEC962 #62B5DE #8B62DE

monochromatic

#A38D22 #D3B82F #DEC962 #E9DA95 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DEC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC962

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC962	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd992',
    500: '#dec962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec962;
$custom-light: #ebd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83305,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.58185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC962

secondary

#3E50A6

accent

#37CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC962

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

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