#DECD62#DECD62

#DECD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD62
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -7.37, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 55.01, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0233 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1620, 60.0762, 20.2958)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD62 #6273DE

analogous

#DE8F62 #DECD62 #B1DE62

triadic

#DECD62 #62DECD #CD62DE

tetradic

#DECD62 #62DE8F #6273DE #DE62B1

square

#DECD62 #62DE8F #6273DE #DE62B1

split-complementary

#DECD62 #62B1DE #8F62DE

monochromatic

#A39222 #D3BD2F #DECD62 #E9DD95 #F3EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DECD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD62

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD62	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc92',
    500: '#decd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd62;
$custom-light: #ebdc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84127,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD62

secondary

#3E4CA6

accent

#31CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD62

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

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