#DEC26E#DEC26E

#DEC26E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.109 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC26E
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 110)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -0.71, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 45.59, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0028 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.109 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2323, 55.2413, 22.6602)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC26E #6E8ADE

analogous

#DE8A6E #DEC26E #C2DE6E

triadic

#DEC26E #6EDEC2 #C26EDE

tetradic

#DEC26E #6EDE8A #6E8ADE #DE6EC2

square

#DEC26E #6EDE8A #6E8ADE #DE6EC2

split-complementary

#DEC26E #6EC2DE #8A6EDE

monochromatic

#AB8A27 #D3AD3C #DEC26E #E9D7A0 #F5ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC26E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DEC26E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC26E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC26E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC26E	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec26e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.109 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead499',
    500: '#dec26e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec26e;
$custom-light: #ead499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec26e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82035,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC26E

secondary

#435EAD

accent

#47CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC26E

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

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