#DEC46C#DEC46C

#DEC46C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.112 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC46C
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 108)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -1.93, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 47.19, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0065 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.112 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5728, 56.0945, 22.2425)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC46C #6C86DE

analogous

#DE8B6C #DEC46C #BFDE6C

triadic

#DEC46C #6CDEC4 #C46CDE

tetradic

#DEC46C #6CDE8B #6C86DE #DE6CBF

square

#DEC46C #6CDE8B #6C86DE #DE6CBF

split-complementary

#DEC46C #6CBFDE #8B6CDE

monochromatic

#AA8C26 #D3B03A #DEC46C #E9D89E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC46C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEC46C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC46C

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC46C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC46C	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec46c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.112 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead598',
    500: '#dec46c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec46c;
$custom-light: #ead598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec46c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82412,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC46C

secondary

#425AAC

accent

#43CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC46C

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

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