#DEC36F#DEC36F

#DEC36F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.108 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC36F
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 111)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -1.14, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 45.43, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0039 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.108 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5104, 55.7098, 23.0230)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC36F #6F8ADE

analogous

#DE8B6F #DEC36F #C2DE6F

triadic

#DEC36F #6FDEC3 #C36FDE

tetradic

#DEC36F #6FDE8B #6F8ADE #DE6FC2

square

#DEC36F #6FDE8B #6F8ADE #DE6FC2

split-complementary

#DEC36F #6FC2DE #8B6FDE

monochromatic

#AB8B27 #D3AE3D #DEC36F #E9D8A1 #F5ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DEC36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC36F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC36F	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)

#D3C068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.108 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead49a',
    500: '#dec36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec36f;
$custom-light: #ead49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82251,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC36F

secondary

#445DAE

accent

#46CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC36F

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

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