#DEC36E#DEC36E

#DEC36E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.109 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36E
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -1.23, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 45.91, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0043 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.109 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4556, 55.6879, 22.7346)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36E #6E89DE

analogous

#DE8B6E #DEC36E #C1DE6E

triadic

#DEC36E #6EDEC3 #C36EDE

tetradic

#DEC36E #6EDE8B #6E89DE #DE6EC1

square

#DEC36E #6EDE8B #6E89DE #DE6EC1

split-complementary

#DEC36E #6EC1DE #8B6EDE

monochromatic

#AB8B27 #D3AE3C #DEC36E #E9D8A0 #F5ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DEC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36E	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.109 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead499',
    500: '#dec36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36e;
$custom-light: #ead499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82237,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36E

secondary

#435DAD

accent

#45CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36E

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

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