#DEC36A#DEC36A

#DEC36A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.113 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36A
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -1.58, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 47.82, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0057 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.113 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2427, 55.6028, 21.6135)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36A #6A85DE

analogous

#DE896A #DEC36A #BFDE6A

triadic

#DEC36A #6ADEC3 #C36ADE

tetradic

#DEC36A #6ADE89 #6A85DE #DE6ABF

square

#DEC36A #6ADE89 #6A85DE #DE6ABF

split-complementary

#DEC36A #6ABFDE #896ADE

monochromatic

#A88A25 #D3AF38 #DEC36A #E9D79C #F4EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DEC36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36A	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.113 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd497',
    500: '#dec36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36a;
$custom-light: #ebd497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36A

secondary

#415AAB

accent

#43CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36A

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

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