#DEC266#DEC266

#DEC266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC266
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -1.39, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 49.39, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0056 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8163, 55.0749, 20.4690)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC266 #6682DE

analogous

#DE8666 #DEC266 #BEDE66

triadic

#DEC266 #66DEC2 #C266DE

tetradic

#DEC266 #66DE86 #6682DE #DE66BE

square

#DEC266 #66DE86 #6682DE #DE66BE

split-complementary

#DEC266 #66BEDE #8666DE

monochromatic

#A68724 #D3AE34 #DEC266 #E9D698 #F4EACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DEC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC266

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC266	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd494',
    500: '#dec266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec266;
$custom-light: #ebd494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81929,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC266

secondary

#4058A9

accent

#43CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC266

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

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