#DEC36B#DEC36B

#DEC36B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.112 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36B
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -1.49, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 47.34, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0053 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.112 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2950, 55.6237, 21.8889)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36B #6B86DE

analogous

#DE8A6B #DEC36B #C0DE6B

triadic

#DEC36B #6BDEC3 #C36BDE

tetradic

#DEC36B #6BDE8A #6B86DE #DE6BC0

square

#DEC36B #6BDE8A #6B86DE #DE6BC0

split-complementary

#DEC36B #6BC0DE #8A6BDE

monochromatic

#A98A26 #D3AF39 #DEC36B #E9D79D #F4ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DEC36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36B

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36B	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)

#D4C063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.112 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd497',
    500: '#dec36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36b;
$custom-light: #ebd497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82196,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36B

secondary

#425BAB

accent

#44CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36B

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

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