#DEC46E#DEC46E

#DEC46E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.110 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC46E
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 110)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -1.75, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 46.24, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0058 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.11 93)
XYZ	xyz(52.6804, 56.1375, 22.8096)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC46E #6E88DE

analogous

#DE8C6E #DEC46E #C0DE6E

triadic

#DEC46E #6EDEC4 #C46EDE

tetradic

#DEC46E #6EDE8C #6E88DE #DE6EC0

square

#DEC46E #6EDE8C #6E88DE #DE6EC0

split-complementary

#DEC46E #6EC0DE #8C6EDE

monochromatic

#AB8C27 #D3B03C #DEC46E #E9D8A0 #F5EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEC46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC46E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC46E	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.110 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead599',
    500: '#dec46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec46e;
$custom-light: #ead599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.56135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC46E

secondary

#435CAD

accent

#44CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC46E

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

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