#DEC46D#DEC46D

#DEC46D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.111 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC46D
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -1.84, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 46.72, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0061 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.111 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6263, 56.1159, 22.5244)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC46D #6D87DE

analogous

#DE8C6D #DEC46D #BFDE6D

triadic

#DEC46D #6DDEC4 #C46DDE

tetradic

#DEC46D #6DDE8C #6D87DE #DE6DBF

square

#DEC46D #6DDE8C #6D87DE #DE6DBF

split-complementary

#DEC46D #6DBFDE #8C6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8C26 #D3B03B #DEC46D #E9D89F #F5ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DEC46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC46D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC46D	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)

#D4C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.111 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead599',
    500: '#dec46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec46d;
$custom-light: #ead599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82425,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC46D

secondary

#435BAC

accent

#43CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC46D

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

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