#DEC16A#DEC16A

#DEC16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.112 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC16A
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -0.54, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 47.18, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0027 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.112 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7976, 54.7125, 21.4651)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC16A #6A87DE

analogous

#DE876A #DEC16A #C1DE6A

triadic

#DEC16A #6ADEC1 #C16ADE

tetradic

#DEC16A #6ADE87 #6A87DE #DE6AC1

square

#DEC16A #6ADE87 #6A87DE #DE6AC1

split-complementary

#DEC16A #6AC1DE #876ADE

monochromatic

#A88825 #D3AC38 #DEC16A #E9D69C #F4EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DEC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC16A

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC16A	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)

#D2BE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.112 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd396',
    500: '#dec16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec16a;
$custom-light: #ebd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC16A

secondary

#415CAB

accent

#46CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC16A

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

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