#DECA62#DECA62

#DECA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA62
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -5.83, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 53.93, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0189 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4513, 58.6547, 20.0589)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA62 #6276DE

analogous

#DE8C62 #DECA62 #B4DE62

triadic

#DECA62 #62DECA #CA62DE

tetradic

#DECA62 #62DE8C #6276DE #DE62B4

square

#DECA62 #62DE8C #6276DE #DE62B4

split-complementary

#DECA62 #62B4DE #8C62DE

monochromatic

#A38E22 #D3B92F #DECA62 #E9DB95 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DECA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#DECA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA62

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA62	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd992',
    500: '#deca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca62;
$custom-light: #ebd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8351,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA62

secondary

#3E4FA6

accent

#36CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA62

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

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