#DEC46F#DEC46F

#DEC46F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.109 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC46F
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -1.66, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 45.76, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0054 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.109 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7352, 56.1594, 23.0979)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC46F #6F89DE

analogous

#DE8C6F #DEC46F #C0DE6F

triadic

#DEC46F #6FDEC4 #C46FDE

tetradic

#DEC46F #6FDE8C #6F89DE #DE6FC0

square

#DEC46F #6FDE8C #6F89DE #DE6FC0

split-complementary

#DEC46F #6FC0DE #8C6FDE

monochromatic

#AB8C27 #D3B03D #DEC46F #E9D8A1 #F5EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DEC46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC46F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC46F	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)

#D4C168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.109 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead59a',
    500: '#dec46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec46f;
$custom-light: #ead59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82453,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC46F

secondary

#445CAE

accent

#44CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC46F

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

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