#DEC26D#DEC26D

#DEC26D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.110 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC26D
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -0.80, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 46.07, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0031 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.11 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1782, 55.2197, 22.3751)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC26D #6D89DE

analogous

#DE8A6D #DEC26D #C1DE6D

triadic

#DEC26D #6DDEC2 #C26DDE

tetradic

#DEC26D #6DDE8A #6D89DE #DE6DC1

square

#DEC26D #6DDE8A #6D89DE #DE6DC1

split-complementary

#DEC26D #6DC1DE #8A6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8A26 #D3AD3B #DEC26D #E9D79F #F5ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DEC26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC26D

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC26D	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)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.110 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead498',
    500: '#dec26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec26d;
$custom-light: #ead498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82021,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC26D

secondary

#435DAC

accent

#46CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC26D

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

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