#DEC26C#DEC26C

#DEC26C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.111 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC26C
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -0.89, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 46.54, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0035 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.111 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1247, 55.1982, 22.0932)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC26C #6C88DE

analogous

#DE896C #DEC26C #C1DE6C

triadic

#DEC26C #6CDEC2 #C26CDE

tetradic

#DEC26C #6CDE89 #6C88DE #DE6CC1

square

#DEC26C #6CDE89 #6C88DE #DE6CC1

split-complementary

#DEC26C #6CC1DE #896CDE

monochromatic

#AA8926 #D3AD3A #DEC26C #E9D79E #F4EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC26C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DEC26C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC26C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC26C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC26C	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec26c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.111 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead498',
    500: '#dec26c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec26c;
$custom-light: #ead498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec26c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82007,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC26C

secondary

#425CAC

accent

#46CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC26C

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

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