#DEC36D#DEC36D

#DEC36D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.110 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -1.32, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 46.39, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0046 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.11 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4015, 55.6663, 22.4495)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36D #6D88DE

analogous

#DE8B6D #DEC36D #C0DE6D

triadic

#DEC36D #6DDEC3 #C36DDE

tetradic

#DEC36D #6DDE8B #6D88DE #DE6DC0

square

#DEC36D #6DDE8B #6D88DE #DE6DC0

split-complementary

#DEC36D #6DC0DE #8B6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8B26 #D3AE3B #DEC36D #E9D89F #F5ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DEC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36D

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36D	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)

#D3C066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.110 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead499',
    500: '#dec36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36d;
$custom-light: #ead499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36D

secondary

#435CAC

accent

#45CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36D

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

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