#DEC468#DEC468

#DEC468 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC468
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 104)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -2.26, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 49.09, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0079 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.116 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3648, 56.0113, 21.1470)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC468 #6882DE

analogous

#DE8968 #DEC468 #BDDE68

triadic

#DEC468 #68DEC4 #C468DE

tetradic

#DEC468 #68DE89 #6882DE #DE68BD

square

#DEC468 #68DE89 #6882DE #DE68BD

split-complementary

#DEC468 #68BDDE #8968DE

monochromatic

#A78A25 #D3B036 #DEC468 #E9D89A #F4EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DEC468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC468

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC468	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd595',
    500: '#dec468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec468;
$custom-light: #ebd595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82359,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC468

secondary

#4158AA

accent

#41CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC468

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

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