#DEC46B#DEC46B

#DEC46B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.113 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC46B
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -2.01, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 47.67, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0069 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.113 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5199, 56.0733, 21.9639)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC46B #6B85DE

analogous

#DE8B6B #DEC46B #BEDE6B

triadic

#DEC46B #6BDEC4 #C46BDE

tetradic

#DEC46B #6BDE8B #6B85DE #DE6BBE

square

#DEC46B #6BDE8B #6B85DE #DE6BBE

split-complementary

#DEC46B #6BBEDE #8B6BDE

monochromatic

#A98B26 #D3B039 #DEC46B #E9D89D #F4ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC46B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC46B	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)

#D5C163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.113 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd597',
    500: '#dec46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec46b;
$custom-light: #ebd597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82399,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC46B

secondary

#425AAB

accent

#42CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC46B

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

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