#DEC469#DEC469

#DEC469 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.115 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC469
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -2.18, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 48.62, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0076 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.115 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4158, 56.0317, 21.4161)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC469 #6983DE

analogous

#DE8A69 #DEC469 #BDDE69

triadic

#DEC469 #69DEC4 #C469DE

tetradic

#DEC469 #69DE8A #6983DE #DE69BD

square

#DEC469 #69DE8A #6983DE #DE69BD

split-complementary

#DEC469 #69BDDE #8A69DE

monochromatic

#A88B25 #D3B037 #DEC469 #E9D89B #F4EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC469

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC469	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.115 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd596',
    500: '#dec469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec469;
$custom-light: #ebd596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC469

secondary

#4158AA

accent

#41CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC469

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

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