#DEC169#DEC169

#DEC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.113 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC169
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -0.62, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 47.66, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0031 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.113 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7459, 54.6919, 21.1928)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC169 #6986DE

analogous

#DE8769 #DEC169 #C1DE69

triadic

#DEC169 #69DEC1 #C169DE

tetradic

#DEC169 #69DE87 #6986DE #DE69C1

square

#DEC169 #69DE87 #6986DE #DE69C1

split-complementary

#DEC169 #69C1DE #8769DE

monochromatic

#A88725 #D3AC37 #DEC169 #E9D69B #F4EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC169

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC169	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.113 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd396',
    500: '#dec169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec169;
$custom-light: #ebd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC169

secondary

#415BAA

accent

#46CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC169

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

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