#DEC36C#DEC36C

#DEC36C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.111 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36C
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 108)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -1.41, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 46.87, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.005 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.111 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3480, 55.6449, 22.1676)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36C #6C87DE

analogous

#DE8A6C #DEC36C #C0DE6C

triadic

#DEC36C #6CDEC3 #C36CDE

tetradic

#DEC36C #6CDE8A #6C87DE #DE6CC0

square

#DEC36C #6CDE8A #6C87DE #DE6CC0

split-complementary

#DEC36C #6CC0DE #8A6CDE

monochromatic

#AA8A26 #D3AF3A #DEC36C #E9D79E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DEC36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36C	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.111 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead498',
    500: '#dec36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36c;
$custom-light: #ead498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8221,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36C

secondary

#425BAC

accent

#44CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36C

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

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